Apparently 7Days has not been officially banned or censored but word has come from the Majlis to restrict its circulation to pay it back for the above slight on the leadership. As a result the brothers have banded together and its distribution has been forbidden in areas that can be controlled. Business leaders (the four or five big UAE families) have used this opportunity to pay sycophantic homage to those in Abu Dhabi by flexing their muscles and as a result 7 days distribution has been banned in all Emaar developments Starbucks outlets etc. Our own “enlightened leadership” at EK seem to have jumped on the bandwagon because it has been withdrawn from distribution at Emirates group controlled Costa Coffee too.
Who needs censorship when you have almost total control of the economy through monopoly?