It began in May last year but shows no sign of reaching any imminent conclusion. A resolution often appears further away than ever.
I refer, of course, to one of the Middle East's longest-running and most convoluted business disputes, the confrontation between the al Gosaibi family of Saudi Arabia and their erstwhile favourite son-in-law, Maan al Sanea.
It is becoming a saga worthy of a Tolstoyan treatment, with sub-plots and minor characters appearing briefly, flickering for a few weeks and then falling back within the main drama. It certainly requires one of those lists of dramatis personae the Russian novelist went in for, with a cast running into the hundreds. War and Peace, except there is no sign of peace on the horizon.
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