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The winds of change

by Yasser Akkaoui

Summer is the period when the Middle East harvests the fruits of its hard labors. It is the time when families travel, head to the mountains, and hit the beach. It is a time when they might splash out on those luxury goods with which we reward ourselves: the watches, the cars, the clothes, even the holiday. And yet even amid the conspicuous consumption of the oil rich statelets, the realities of life in the Middle East do not lie far beneath the surface of the polo clubs, the malls, the hotels, the racetracks and the beach resorts. On June 16, the MI6 branch of British intelligence picked up a coded warning of an imminent terror attack on Dubai. Yes Dubai, the third most popular holiday resort among British holidaymakers and currently coveted as the ideal location for emigration among westerners eager to escape the taxes, gloominess, mediocrity and urban

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