Tremer - Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?

Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?

Nominated for "Best Photography in a Documentary" at the 23rd Gemini Awards
"Dubai: Mirage or Miracle?" was nominated for a 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Award in the documentary category.

	Forbes magazine recently listed him as the fourth richest royal in the world. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum – the emir of Dubai is behind a daring attempt to transform Dubai into the centre of an Arabian Renaissance.
	A morning workout at the old camel track with Burj Dubai, the tallest free standing structure in the world looming in the background.
	Foreign labourers from South Asia waiting for the bus that will take them back to their over-crowded work camp.

	Sheikh Zayed Road - Dubai's expressway, notorious for its traffic jams. Soon an elevated rapid transit system running beside the highway will be completed.

	Melanie Janelle - a Montreal engineer and avid roller blader and dragon boat participant describes what it is like to be a single woman in Dubai.



	Dubai has one of the liveliest social scenes in the region. Some places are notorious for what they have to offer.

	Alia al Shamsi, one of the first female professional photographers in Dubai feels that Emirati are viewed as stereotypes by some of the expats.

	Abdul Khaleq Abdullah, a Professor of Polical Science at UAE University, has trenchant views of where Dubai has been and where it is going.

	Robert Lee from Vancouver, an executive at one of Dubai's biggest building developers at Nakheel, is involved in some of the world's largest building projects.

	The view from 92nd floor of the Burj Dubai just a little over half-way to the expected completed height of the building. Those five squat buildings to the left were the only structures bordering Sheikh Zayed Road in the early 90s.

	Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al Maktoum was selected by Sheikh Mohammed to become the first Chairman of Emirates Airline when he was just 25. That was in 1985. Today, Emirates Airline ranks among the top ten airlines in the world. Sheikh Ahmed is also the uncle to Sheikh Mohammed.

	Shooting on Dubai Creek.

	Canadian Hans Krause works as an executive architect at the Burj Dubai project. He has lived and worked in Dubai since 1991 and is a witness to the miraculous transformation of Dubai.

	Shooting at top of the Burj Dubai.

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