Fifty years ago this week, the inhabitants of the six small emirates on the western shore of the Persian Gulf faced the new year with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. Their region had for more than 150 years comprised what the British referred to somewhat dismissively as the Trucial States. Over the previous year, […]
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On getting in and out of a swamp
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