Click here to access article by Carina Kame from Al Arabiya.
It seems that the rich from the MENA countries are hedging their bets on the likelihood that they can maintain the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed after the uprisings in their respective countries are finally resolved. They are buying property in London, often "sight unseen".
Well, it is not really surprising. The rich from these countries owe a debt of gratitude to their Western protectors who have engineered so much of the political developments in their respective countries during the past 100 years. When "push comes to shove", they know who their friends and supporters really are. These rich formed on the wounds of their countries like a scab after the British imperialists inflicted the wounds. Now that their countries are starting to heal, the citizens will likely not tolerate them.