Chi semina datteri non ne mangia

Those of the Arabian peninsula are a macroscopic manifestation of the conflict between appearance and substance. They show us the link between tradition and progress, spirituality and profit. The Emirate of Dubai and the Sultanate of Oman are on a borderline that separates Western consumerist cannibalism from a history of tradition and moral rigor. I want to show you this:
they are building what their culture has always condemned, brick upon brick