This was a chilling read when I read it years ago. Slavery is real there.<p>On a lighter note, there's the story of the Frenchman who dressed up in a burka to escape Dubai:
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/09/AR2009080902421.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08...</a>