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Dubai by Krane, Jim

ISBN: 9781782397601 PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 368

DIMENSIONS: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.7 centimetres 1.3 pounds

DESCRIPTION: Today, Dubai is a city of shimmering skyscrapers attracting thousands of tourists every year. Yet just sixty years ago Dubai's population scraped a living by picking dates, diving for pearls, or sailing in wooden dhows to trade with Iran and India. Dubai is everything the rest of the Arab world is not. Until recently it was the fastest-growing city in the world, with an economy whose growth outpaced China's while luring more tourists than all of India. The city has become a metaphor for the lush life, where the wealthy mingle in gilded splendour and luxury cars fill the streets, yet it is also beset by a backwash of bad design, environmental degradation and controversial labour practices. Dubai tells its unique story.

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