Marjorie in Qatar

As late as 1951 slave trains passed from the Oman coast through Buraimi each year, en route to Saudi Arabia. According to Wendell Phillips in his book Oman Unknown; some 25 per cent of these caravans were intercepted by patrols of the Trucial Oman Scouts. In the UAE, before 1960, life expectancy was around forty-five years. Then in a blink, everything changed ... Things seem to be changing - to start with there is talk ... and now government approved Human Rights Committees - in the Emirates too ... !Christopher! PS I enjoy your site. PPS My attempt on human rights is here: http://www.chrisoldfield.com/2006/05/the_gulf_human_.html