My advice to all you ex-pats in Dubai.......stay there!
In the last 3 weeks, my son's best friend, my nephew, and my future son-in-law have all been attacked and badly beaten in separate incidents...my future son-in-law has lost several teeth, and his face is a total mess!
Was he drunk, or walking down an unlit footpath....no, he was simply driving home from work when a car overtook him, stopped abruptly, whilst a second car pulled up behind him so he was hemmed in, the occupants of both cars then dragged him out, beat him senseless and stole his laptop.
If the police even bother to persue this offence, and if they are lucky enough to catch the b@stards who did this to him, at worst they'll have to wear a tag for a few weeks.
There may be a lot of injustice in Dubai, but the scumbags over here always have the last laugh!