"The reform movements and attempts to establish parliamentary institutions in the Persian Gulf states of Kuwait, Bahrain and Dubai between the First World War and the independent era of the 1970s were not inspired by western example or by any tradition of civil representation. T…
Impossible citizens: Dubai's Indian diaspora
by Vora, Neha
fromE-Duke books scholarly collection
Indian communities have existed in the Gulf emirate of Dubai for more than a century. Since the 1970s, workers from South Asia have flooded into the emirate, enabling Dubai's huge construction boom. They now comprise its largest noncitizen population. Though many migrant familie…
Tallest building in the world? Tick. Artificial island shaped like a palm? Tick. Seven-star hotel? Tick. Largest global shopping mall? Tick And indoor snow slopes to boot? Tick.
At the end of the 20th century, Dubai attracted international media attention as the world sought to make sense of the city & rsquo;s extraordinary growth. Exuberant projects such as the Burj Arab, the Burj Khalifa and the Palm Islands attracted investment in dreams to transform…
