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Few places in the world manage to visually represent the current failure of global neo-liberal capitalism as starkly as the Gulf Emirate of Dubai. This glittering cosmopolitan metropolis, known as the liberal mecca of the Muslim world, is home to countless air-conditioned shopping malls and an imported work-force that comprises over 90% of the population. Up until a year ago Dubai, one of seven states in the United Arab Emirates, was the epitome of corporate globalization – companies like Halliburton flocked to the tax-free haven to set up headquarters, educated young expats enjoyed an easy lifestyle, glass-walled high-rises sprouted almost overnight. But today, with thousands of foreign workers laid off and escaping debt prison, work sites are abandoned and the project of hyper-expansion is on hold. The crashing market has not only brought Dubai to its knees in a matter of months, it has also exposed the dark underbelly of how this Arabic Disneyland was built – on the backs of modern-day slaves, according to a new expose by journalist Johann Hari of the Independent in London. <\/p>\n