Why Saudis feel squeezed even as the economy booms
THE BILLBOARDS still line the motorway from the airport to the Saudi capital. They promise a “new modern downtown” for Riyadh, to be dominated by a cube-shaped skyscraper meant to be the world’s most voluminous building. Developers pressed ahead despite warnings that the cube, known as the Mukaab, would collapse under its own weight. The … Read more