On Palm Jumeirah, the deluxe artificial island that symbolises the swagger of Dubai, tourists and residents alike have been watching missiles and interceptors illuminate the night sky, a spectacle a new arrival described as “something out of Star Wars”.
So concerned were some guests by the threat posed by Iran’s bid to escalate its war with Israel and the US that one five-star hotel transformed its ground-floor ballroom into a makeshift dormitory.
The streets rapidly emptied out in a city that has become a byword for economic dynamism over the past half-century, amid wailing sirens and frequent alerts to take shelter.
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