Dubai: Gilded Cage

This revealing portrait of the famously wealthy Persian Gulf city investigates the human cost of its miraculous rise to global prominence.

In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure territory of the United Arab Emirates into a global center for business, tourism, and luxury living. With astonishing skyscrapers and tax-free incomes, its rulers have made Dubai into a playground for the global elite while skillfully downplaying its systemic human rights abuses and...