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Dubai Museum of the Future

Dubai Museum of the Future
289 piece jigsaw puzzle

Dubai is just nuts. You have to give these guys credit for not falling down the Jihad rathole, but then they are probably working hand in glove with the CIA. As long as they keep their slave population under control, they'll probably be just fine.

Dubai Museum of the Future

P.S. Stu asked what the writing says. After a little digging I found this on WHAT'S ON:

The Arabic calligraphy consists of three quotes (in English followed by Google's Translation):

‘We may not live for hundreds of years, but the products of our creativity can leave a legacy long after we are gone.’

 قد لا نعيش لمئات السنين ، لكن منتجات إبداعنا يمكن أن تترك إرثًا طويلاً بعد

رحيلنا.

‘The future belongs to those who can imagine it, design it, and execute it’ and

 المستقبل ملك لمن يستطيع تخيله وتصميمه وتنفيذه

‘The future does not wait. The future can be designed and built today.’

المستقبل لا ينتظر. يمكن تصميم وبناء المستقبل اليوم.

 Good luck verifying whether that is what is actually written on the building.

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Dubai is has got to be the strangest city in the world. Tiny, rich, popular with tourists in spite of being a freaking steam bath in the summertime. (Okay, it's probably very nice the rest of the year.) It's in the mideast but only gets a small fraction of their income from oil and gas. It's been run by the same family for pert near 200 years. 

Dubai has appeared here before. Also here. And don't forget about Abu Dhabi which is just down the road a bit.