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#BOYCOTTUAE: THE DUBAI THEY DON’T SHOW YOU While influencers get paid to flaunt luxury hotels and gold-plated lattes, the reality of Dubai is built on the broken backs of the Global South. This is the "hidden side" of the UAE: a system of modern-day slavery designed to sustain a playground for the rich. In a video that recently went viral, a British tourist explored the labour camps that host the migrant workers who, despite building Dubai with their blood, sweat and tears, never get even a glimpse at the glamour, let alone a taste. Meet Tanveer. He lives in a dingy, airless room shared with 4 other men. There is no glamour here. There is only the exhaustion of workers tucked away from the sight of tourists. One block holds 500 people. With 10 blocks in this camp alone, around 5,000 human beings are packed into a concrete warehouse. For these 5,000 workers, there is only one shared toilet block. This is how a "global hub" treats the people who built it. It denies them even basic human hygiene. Beyond the conflicts the UAE funds abroad, the conditions migrant workers face at home reinforce why the #BoycottUAE campaign is necessary. The UAE’s glitz and glamour is an artificial illusion built on stolen dignity, with the country’s "economic miracle" actually being a sub-imperial project that loots resources from Africa and exploits labour from Asia. Rather than being monuments to progress, skyscrapers like Burj Khalifa are monuments to exploitation. Until the UAE respects human life at home and abroad, the only ethical choice is to steer clear. Venezuelanalysis VoxUmmah Qiao Collective Progressive International Black Agenda Report Orinoco Tribune Kawsachun News

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