The Forbidden Knowledge: Good-Bye Dubai

Deserted highways, empty hotel rooms, miles of unsold residential and office space. These were not the images that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Makhtoum, Dubai's ruler, had in mind when he wrote his book about the emirate, My Vision: Challenges in the Race for ... In February 2009, The New York Times reported that real estate prices had dropped 30 percent in three months, and that three thousand cars had been abandoned at Dubai International Airport by fleeing expats. ...