This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Charlie Lovett, a British citizen in Dubai who runs a used-car marketplace. Iran has launched retaliatory strikes at sites in the United Arab Emirates after being attacked by the US and Israel. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I have British parents and am a British citizen, but a large chunk of my life has been spent here in Dubai . My dad's job brought us here, so I did all my schooling here from age 3 to 18. I moved