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Dubai of the Desert: A Mirage of Consumerist Splendor

Dubai of the Desert: A Mirage of Consumerist Splendor

Dubai, born of the dream to create a Middle Eastern Shangri-la, was ‘built from nothing in just a few wild decades on credit and ecocide, suppression and slavery.’ Today, there are half-finished buildings and new establishments that look plush and posh but with ceilings that leak rainwater and tiles falling off. Some of the infrastructure pieces [...]