Asian labourers fight miserable life in booming Dubai to support their wives, children, elderly parents back home. DUBAI – Beyond Dubai’s shimmering skyscrapers lies Sonapur, a crowded and rundown camp for Asian labourers toiling on the city’s monumental projects. Sonapur, or the golden place in Hindi, once a burial ground, is now a collection of . . .
Read MoreAbout a dozen veiled women, some with only their eyes visible, stare at a large flat screen flashing stock prices inside a female-only dealing room at the Dubai bourse. Motivated by a desire to make some quick money, share their husbands’ passion for stocks or simply fill in time, many housewives in the United Arab . . .
Read MoreYoung Saudis defied on Tuesday the ultra-conservative kingdom’s ban on Valentine’s Day celebrations to exchange sweets, red teddy bears, greeting cards, roses and even kisses. On the night before Valentine’s young men and women strolled up and down the Tahliya upscale shopping avenue in the western city of Jeddah, browsing at heart-shaped chocolate boxes and . . .
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