Dubai, Incorporated

“Rome wasn’t built in a day”, goes the common refrain. But in Dubai it is frequently followed up with something along the lines of “but no one ever told the Sheikh”. Anyone who has had the fortune to visit in the last decade can attest to the scale of the construction that has happened and is continuing to happen in this synthetic oasis. They also note that this Emirate is run more like a business than a state, its visitors and citizens frequently treated as clients and customers.

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