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A DIAMOND IN THE DESERT: Behind the Scenes in the World's Richest City

Jo Tatchell

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.

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : FEB 1, 2010
  • Imprint : Sceptre
  • Page Extent : 304
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780340953402
  • Price : INR 899
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Jo Tatchell

Jo Tatchell is a journalist who has spent many years in the Middle East and Arab countries. She writes on Middle Eastern culture for UK and US media including the Guardian and Prospect Magazine.
Nabeel Yasin is famous in Iraq as a poet best known for his epic poem Brother Yasin. Since 1990 he has lived in the UK with his wife and two sons.

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