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The dark side of Dubai is shimmering through

The arrest and trial of two Britons for indecent behavior on a beach has kindled unease in the hearts of the expat crowd in a city where it’s illegal to hold your wife’s hand in public, but where the hotels are lovely

By Carole Cadwalladr  /  THE OBSERVER , LONDON

I’m all set to question him, but his friends take me aside.

“He’s just an ordinary bloke. He won’t talk to you. Just leave him alone,” they said.

So I do. It’s true, he’s just an ordinary bloke. In an extraordinary place. At precisely the wrong moment in time.

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