An almost technical, brief, eye-opening account of how Sharia law affects financial deals in Dubai in the Financial Times.
From a slow-burning diatribe in the Independent: “The thing you have to understand about Dubai is – nothing is what it seems,” Karen says at last. “Nothing. This isn’t a city, it’s a con-job. They lure you in telling you it’s one thing – a modern kind of place – but beneath the surface it’s a medieval dictatorship.”