Dubai's energetic, tax-hating ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, is pushing hard to make the state a regional high-tech center as well, one reason helooked favorably upon the founding five years ago of The American University in Dubai (where yours truly gave the spring commencement address).
Upon turning 18, helooked into his finances and discovered that his fortune -- which should have been put in a trust fund and totaled in the millions -- was mostly nonexistent.
Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) responded when the first man lookedupon me and saw beauty, he only saw a mirror of himself, and when the second man came and stated I was hideous he too saw a mirror of himself.