Saturday, November 9, 2019

Ladies and gentlemen, the desert paradise of Dubai

He is smart in a way so obvious that he tries to hide it from his bosses by speaking in broken English. He knows five languages, loves poetry, and dreams of getting a master’s degree, but is instead working 12-plus-hour days in 50° heat.

They say Sheikh Zayed built Abu Dhabi, just like Louis XIV built the Louvre. This is a myth. But migrant workers’ names are never engraved on donor lists.

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