Dubai is the second largest and the most populous of the seven United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf. Surprisingly the wealth and splendor of this country of 1.3 Million does not come primarily from oil (the petroleum reserves are just one twentieth of it's neighbor Abu Dabi), but from a smart combination of businesses - a rapidly growing tourism industry, its free trade zone and harbor, international banking, construction and a real estate boom which is bursting at the seams. The sheikhdom has been ruled by the Maktoum family since 1833. The current ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,...