Progress, driven to insanity

The UAE, and particularly Dubai, are on a mission to prove to the world that anything they set their minds to can be achieved. Under the leadership of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the transformations happening in Dubai are so significant that some can even be seen from space. Take for example Dubai’s coastline, which a few years ago was only 70 kilometers in length. Now, with the development of hundreds of artificial islands shaped like the world or a palm tree, Dubai will have hundreds of kilometers of sandy coastline at its disposal. And that is just the beginning. There are plans to create another palm island the size of the city of Paris, and if all goes well Dubai will transplant the universe to its shores. On another front, Dubai’s building boom is proceeding at such a break neck speed that 17% of the world’s cranes are