Some marriages are made in heaven, others in the land of square pegs and round holes, of chalk and cheese. Dubai and me – that’s us.
In truth, the disparity between what it and I stand for is so vast that its position in the top five places I have never wanted to visit has remained unassailable for decades, despite regular requests for me to go there from a close friend who worked in the emirate for eight years.
Granted, she didn’t do much to sell the place – describing a city where she lived a lonely and disconnected life, but it was the price…
