Behind the glitz : Dubai’s ugly secret

// January 13th, 2010 // All

The inauguration of the tower and the acquittal of the sheikh is a lurid juxtaposition of the hypocrisy, gluttony and crude injustice that lies beneath a glitzy façade. None of the innovation or glamour is indigenous; the architecture is American, the designers European and the slave labour South Asian.

via DAWN.COM | Columnists | Behind the glitz.

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