The world believes Dubai was built on oil, but the truth is far more dangerous.
From its shadowed origins as a gold-smuggling hub to its rise as the ultimate sanctuary for global oligarchs, this is the untold financial history of the Al Maktoum dynasty. Discover how a desperate desert tribe engineered a trillion-dollar loophole, leveraging massive debt and geopolitical neutrality to transform a dying pearl village into the “City of Gold”—and the most expensive gamble in human history.
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𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤s 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 – 📘City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism (https://amzn.to/4rwOzRy) 🙏 I research, write, and produce these documentaries solo.
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