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\nAstonishingly, 90% of Dubai’s population are expatriate workers. From builders to bankers, all are on short-term, renewable visas. They live in a state of “permanent impermanence”. For Dubai’s rulers, the lack of permanence is a form of social control. Anyone they don’t like is simply deported, a fate suffered by Ali himself. “You are asking too many questions about locals and non-locals,” the police officer said.<\/p>\n

Ali argues that Dubai is a social experiment. In Dubai’s market society, money is all that matters and culture is generic and global. “Dubai Inc” has become the ultimate non-place, where no one feels at home. Laissez-faire<\/em> urban utopia or exploitative, artificial dystopia? As Ali shows in this fascinating study, in the future there may well be many more cities like Dubai.<\/p>\n


\nDubai: Gilded Cage<\/i>
\nSyed Ali
\nYale University Press, 2010
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

— By PD Smith<\/p>\n

www.guardian.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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