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Most of Dubai’s Metro commuters seem reluctant to take advantage of the many minutes spent between stations by getting stuck into a story. I look at my fellow passengers staring into space, or scrolling zombie-like through Facebook and I think: what a waste of a great opportunity to learn something, be entertained, enter the mind of another – like all good books let us do.

The dusty, hazy and near-zero-visibility weather this morning sent social networks into a storm of rumours and scaremongering. Twitter and Blackberry services were full of warning signs of a cyclone hitting the UAE, heading over from Saudi Arabia.

By Samreen Hayat, Web Sub Editor   www.gulfnews.com Dubai: Armed with sheer willpower, undying persistence and what appears to be powerful thumbs, the netizens...