The Dark Side Of Dubai
Summary
April 7, 2009: The article discusses the darker aspects of Dubai, including:
- Expatriates finding themselves stuck in Dubai when they face unexpected financial hardship.
- Abuse of migrant workers who are often not paid and who get their passports confiscated upon arrival.
- Denial of the problems by natives of the United Arab Emirates.
- Shallowness of expatriate culture, as expatriates party every night and have all their work done by servants or migrant workers from poorer nations.
- Abandonment of many architectural prestige projects as the recession deepens.
- Increasing environmental problems, especially with the water supply.
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Game and Story Use
- Dubai can work well as the prototype of a Cyberpunk city, and GMs running Cyberpunk campaigns might use it as a model - or as it is.
- The player characters could be private investigators searching for a missing person in Dubai, and deal with all dark aspects of Dubai culture on their way.
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