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Abu Dhabi

World

Slaves of Happiness Island

On the coast of Abu Dhabi, gilded outposts of the Louvre, the Guggenheim and New York University are being built by foreign workers who cannot leave and are paid half of what they were promised.

Molly Crabapple Vice Aug 2014 20min Permalink