Why a Booktrail?
2000s – Is Dubai not the ultimate playground for the woman with money to play with?
Desperate in Dubai
What you need to know before your trail
Dubai has a bit of a reputation for being the ultimate playground for the woman who knows how to shop and to party. Lady Luxe is one such woman. A rebellious Emirati heiress, she seems to like and detest her homeland in equal measure.
Then there is Leila who is in search of a wealthy husband and Nadia who has moved with hers to the land of golden temptation. Someone else has moved here from the UK to escape her past…
Four women in the city where golden facades hide many a dark secret
Travel Guide
From a series of blog posts Desperate in Dubai, here comes the book and if you have an image of Sex and the city meets Dubai then this is the general setting and content of what you can expect.
“Dubai is full of acronyms: DLC, DMC, JBR, JLT, MOE, The city that has grown so rapidly at an equally fast pace. No one even has the time to speak slowly and pronouncing a title fully is a gross waste of time that could otherwise be spent partying or making money.”
The women here seem to want stable and secure marriages, uncomplicated and easy going. None of them seem to know where they stand with men and a marriage with no second wives, just love is an alien concept.
Dubai is all about appearance – both in terms of fashion and status – and in terms of enjoying what you have as well as chasing money and the playboy lifestyle. Fashion however is something else to think of since in Dubai everything is tuned on its head –
“Only in Dubai do you wear your jacket indoors and remove it outdoors”
Oh and how to travel around?
“Riding a taxi in Dubai is tantamount to suicide”
A sly and ironic look at almost everything Dubai has to offer, and more.
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