Investing in the future, every Abu Dhabi government official will tell you, is also about renewable energy, solar energy, but it's primarily about education.
It has survived intact from its Enlightenment-era origins all the way to the home page of the Web site for the future Louvre Abu Dhabi, touted as "the first universal museum in the Arab world".
During a conversation about their vision of a future Syria, Abu Dujanah, an Iraqi-American who had recently joined the al-Nusra Front, expressed anger to hear fellow Sunnis talk about a parliamentary democracy with legislative elections.
This week, we present another vision of a united future, of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, this time as a guest post from an important voice from Dubai.
Demonstration supporting Future TV (Abu-Fadil).
Future TV News (Abu-Fadil) "There is nothing at the TV at the moment," said one well placed insider.
(Although construction on a second, larger phase has already begun, the government-run developer, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, refuses to give a completion date for the city, saying only that it will grow at its own pace).
At a second conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, in July, member states accepted an offer from the United Arab Emirates to house the agency's future headquarters in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi's zero-carbon, zero-waste desert development project.
But at some point you have to ask, What's next?" The future of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi appears uncertain, amid insecurity in the region and the persistence of the global oil slump.
