You name it, Dubai has it. Or if it doesn’t have it, it’s building it. Or if it’s not building it, it’s dredging up an island to put it on. The busiest of the seven United Arab Emirates is growing so fast that its newest developments can only be measured in hummingbird flaps. Blink and you’ll miss the latest superlative. This way to the world’s tallest building. That way to the world’s largest aluminum plant. Coming soon, the world’s longest bridge. Over here to the world’s biggest mall — which, incidentally, is about to be usurped any day now by a bigger one...
How about a neighborhood where a woman can walk free without a scarf and veil? Or where boys and girls can be seen kissing in public? Or where anyone can freely criticise the government? Or the State Religion?
Didn't think so.
Cheney and Halliburton and the rest of the Company fawn all over all that oil and aggregated power that Ozymandias himself would covet.
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