Text and photos by Yvette Cardozo July, Vol. 18, No. 11
Dubai really does look like some sci-fi writer’s city of the future. But it’s with good reason. In only a few decades, the modern city sprang from the desert.It gleams and sparkles with buildings of glass and steel, some that soar, lean, bulge, twist and fold, often seeming to defy gravity.
All that’s missing are the jet packs and hovercraft.