Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online steps into the world of the Al Madani family's National Tailors in Dubai. The small boutique creates kanduras, the traditional United Arab Emirates dress for men, for the emirate's ruling Al Maktoum family and any prince, businessman or prominent figure close to the country's leadership.
Surrounded by his staple stock of white kanduras, the long white traditional dress worn by UAE men, Mohammed Al Madani, owner of National Tailors, sings the praises of his new range of Fazza-style clothing, inspired by the nickname of Dubai's crown prince, Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. That is because Al Madani, son of the family-owned Al Madani Group founder Abdul Rahman Al Madani, who is approaching 90, still produces garments for the ruling Al Maktoum family from the original shop opened in 1945
