I’ve been taking the Dubai metro to work for the past couple of weeks, from an Airbnb based in Mirdif. It’s a forty-five minute overground journey that spans the length of the city. The metro journey begins by passing the main terminals of Dubai’s glittering airport. Vast Airbus A380’s standby on tarmac. Others heave themself upwards into the sky, massive giants, seemingly defying the laws of physics. As the metro ...