The Dubaian Dream under Siege: Essay in Dagens Nyheter
What will happen now that the American dream, not to mention the European welfare dream, are crumbling? For a while it looked like the “Gulfian” dream would take their place as the new grand narrative. And then came Trump’s war on Iran. Should the future in the Gulf states darken after the war, the dream will likely remain untouched. It will flow onward – to the next place where capital promises speed, spectacle, and limitless success. In this essay I explore why youth lose themselves in digital flows and utopian imaginaries.
