With Dubai becoming a popular vacation destination for westerners, this is a cautionary tale: British citizen Michelle Palmer, 30, who lives in the Arab city where she works for a publishing firm, was arrested on July 5 when she...

Some striking parallels came to mind when we read an article about the treatment of migrant construction workers who build the high-priced hotels that make Dubai, United Arab Emirates a getaway for the obscenely rich. The South Asian immigrants...