Zaid Khan, a merchant in Doha, Qatar with cancer of the esophagus, has contacted me again this morning to talk about the future of his fortune. This sudden wave of fatal stomach ailments amongst the Middle East’s HNW individuals leads me to wonder why no folklorists seem to be tracking the way these stories spread and change.
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