A DIAMOND IN THE DESERT
Behind the Scenes in the World's Richest City
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ISBN
9780340953402
Bindwijze
Paperback
Taal
Engels
Auteur
Uitgeverij
Sceptre
Jaar van uitgifte
2010
Aantal pagina's
293
Waar gaat het over?
A timely and fascinating portrait of Abu Dhabi - virtually unheard of a decade ago but now a major world player with a potentially vital role to play in relations between Islam and the West.
Barely forty years ago, Abu Dhabi was a fishing village on the Arabian Gulf. Now the capital of the United Arab Emirates, its citizens are each worth $17 million, it holds major stakes in Western economies, and has money to burn.
In this timely, revealing and evocative portrait of a global player, Jo Tatchell traces the emirate's dramatic development and the sometimes ruinous effect of extreme wealth on its people and their desert culture. And as its rulers fund another giant leap forward, she probes behind the official facade to examine whether this secretive and controlled society can realise its breathtaking plans to transform relations between East and West.
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