Wow I have to say that is shocking! My image of Dubai was obviously the typical western one, a middle eastern disneyland, my how naive...assuming the article is accurate (I have no reason to believe it isn't).
I always thought it'd be kind of neat to see that place, maybe not anymore.
I can't imagine westerners going and enjoying the fact that they can openly take advantage of other people. Take your maids passport, dont pay them, work them for 16 hours a day...absolutely disgusting, these people should be ashamed of themselves.
The environmental stuff was also interesting, not much of a surprise about the water issues however I wasn't aware that desalinisation used so much energy.
Thanks for the link to the article...good read
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