If it is lucky, Dubai will at least be a refuge from the political cataclysms that could engulf countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. But mostly the dunes will reclaim the place.
In centuries to come, tourists will share with Ozymandias the message: “Look on my works ye mighty and despair.” With Shelley they will see how,
... round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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