High class escorts, boozy parties & secret drug-pushers – inside the dark underworld of the Abu Dhabi party scene

HOTELS full of escorts, secret drug deals and wild parties – this isn’t a scene out of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but a picture of the secret underworld of the Abu Dhabi party scene.

While to the rest of the world the capital of the UAE paints itself as a strict and proper, with a ban on everything from swearing to sex work – both which can result in prison sentences of up to a year – behind the closed doors in the Arab state lies a secret party scene for the rich and famous.

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