The shadow of Dubai's skyscrapers

Regular readers know I have a bit of a fixation of Dubai, the most rapidly-expanding metropolis in the world. My images of Dubai have actually made it to the front page of numerous Google image searches. I refer to the city, somewhat comically, as the modern-day Babel. And you can see why:

In one important way, however, Dubai is a modern-day Babel: it is an example of impressive human achievement that is made possible through the exploitation and de-humanization of its laborers.

Laurance Alvarado over at IC has a good post on the situation, and how it is deteriorating.