[LINK] Dubai, City of the Future

[rfmcdonald]

Pearsall Helms writes about the most recent issue of the Middle East-related magazine Bidoun, which explores the fantastic city of Dubai. Brian Ackley's article "Permanent Vacation- The Making of Someplace Out of No-Place" is, as Helms notes, a particualrly remarkable exploration of a city where postmodernism is its classical age.