Mideast abuzz about Michael Jackson’s bathroom mistake

Associated Press
Nov. 16, 2005 09:45 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Michael Jackson has stirred a small controversy in the United Arab Emirates by entering the ladies room in a shopping mall.  The pop star’s publicist said Jackson, who arrived in Dubai this week as the guest of a champion rally driver, did not understand the Arabic sign on the door and left the bathroom as soon as he realized “his” “mistake”… But local newspapers reported that the 47-year-old performer did not quickly leave the bathroom and was spotted applying makeup before leaving