The Visionary Transformation of Dubai and the Influence of a Wealthy Leader

As sex workers flee Sheikh Mohammed’s U.K. estate bruised and weeping, no one is held to account. British authorities look the other way after one of the sheikh’s own daughters tries to escape.

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