According to my observations in Dubai, eighty-percent of the cars on the road that I see are American-style gas-guzzling SUVs. Of the remaining twenty-percent, you are more likely to see a Porsche 911 than a Honda Civic. After spending the last three months of my life around people who had nothing, I now found myself placed in a city where, at first glance, the people have everything.

That is, except for the non-white expat workforce. At the end of the day, rows of Indian labourers sit waiting for their bus back to their no-doubt cramped accommodation. Hiding in the shade of the skyscrapers which they built, cloths wrapped around their heads to protect them from the harsh sun in which they’ve worked all day. It’s immediately obvious to me that there are two classes here–the haves and the have-nots–and I’m not entirely comfortable with that.

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