Damien Grant: What’s in a name? Quite a lot in the desert emirate of Dubai

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Translated; the old man, or tribal ruler, named Mohammed, son of Rashid, of the house Maktoum.

What’s in a name? Quite a lot in the desert emirate of Dubai.

The long-suffering travelling companion and I are back, after 18 years, this time with an uneconomic dependent tagging along. We are here as tourists and, consequently, observations are transitory as we skim across the surface of a complex and evolving society.