Photo by Tina Chang for The National, styling by Nadia El Dasher / The National
Photo by Tina Chang for The National, styling by Nadia El Dasher / The National

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1. Cream shoes, Dh425, Zara, Abu Dhabi Mall, 02 645 6527; Dubai Mall, 04 330 8567 and elsewhere. 2. Cap, Dh940, Wonder Anatomie at S*uce, Marina Mall, 02 681 8650; Village Mall, 04 344 7270; Dubai Mall, 04 339 9696. 3. White shoes, Dh175, Stradivarius, Abu Dhabi Mall, 02 645 4477; Dubai Mall, 04 434 3198 and elsewhere. 4. Good Girl clutch, Dh1,500, Moschino, The Galleria, 02 676 7707; Dubai Mall, 04 339 8079. 5. Sandals, Dh175, Zara. 6. Bad Girl clutch, Dh1,500, Moschino. 7. Black, cream and gold shoes, Dh2,400, Sergio Rossi, Level Shoe District, Dubai Mall, 04 501 6630.8. Towel, Dh25, Zara Home, Marina Mall, 02 681 5560; Dubai Mall, 04 399 9105 and elsewhere.

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In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe

Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010

Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille

Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm

Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year

Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”

Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners

TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013 

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By Tim Murphy

(Grove Press)