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The shock of seeing shrapnel fall in their gardens and the famous curving facade of the Burj Al Arab Hotel ablaze was a wake-up call that Britons in Dubai could not have foreseen when they made the move to the sunshine, beaches and brunches of the most populated Emirate.
The desert idyll of over 200,000 Britons currently in Dubai, whether residents or those on holiday, looks decidedly less attractive this week after strikes by Iran’s drones.
