I still retain wonderful memories of Lebanon as it once was. Dubbed ‘the Switzerland of the Middle East’ during the early 1970s, it was the most glamorous and exhilarating country in the region attracting visitors from all over the world. Like many of my Emirati compatriots, I was seduced. I constructed two five-star hotels and an amusement park in Beirut primarily to provide the Lebanese with employment. Indeed, since 2001 ...