Travel to the United Arab Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah as His Highness Sheikh Saud solicits top European architects to carry out his grandiose dream of a new capital city in the middle of his desert kingdom. See inside an unfolding drama in which agents of East and West struggle to arrive at an architectural vision both worlds can embrace.
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