Dubai an Astonishing Ascent from Tiny Fishing and Pearling Village to Global Hub

Dubai, the Glittering Emirate, Revisited
New York Times - United States
DUBAI is one of those magical places that seem too good to be true. Along with the far larger and richer Abu Dhabi, it is one of seven city-states in the loose United Arab Emirates federation, which gained independence in 1971 from the overextended British empire. ...