For years, an artificial archipelago built in the shape of a world map was seen as a symbol of the excesses that brought Dubai to the brink of bankruptcy. Now, the children of a billionaire developer ...
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Dubai tried to build a replica of the world. Twenty-two years on, it’s finally opening to tourists
After being derailed by 2008’s financial crash, the project to build 300 islands off the coast of the Emirati city is ...
A key driver of MICE sector growth and the largest operator across the wider MENASA region, Dubai World Trade Centre’s (DWTC) event calendar remained an economic catalyst for the Emirate - generating ...
Ali and Amira Sajwani want to revive Dubai's failed World Islands project. They're planning to build 24 mansions, a beach club, and two helipads. The siblings' father, Hussain Sajwani, is a ...
Dubai is famous for its attention-grabbing architecture, whether it’s the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, or the actual “World” — an archipelago of 300 man-made islands in the shape of, as ...
Once envisioned as the ultimate symbol of luxury, Dubai’s “The World” islands were designed to reshape the coastline into a map of the globe — but today, many remain empty and half-sunk beneath ...
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