Bernhard Zand

Recent Articles by Bernhard Zand

December 16, 2009

Inside the Burj Dubai Tower

The view is clear, the air is soft and silky, and only a thick strip of red separates the sky and the sea at sundown. The boundary between grandeur and kitsch becomes ...

September 11, 2009

In Dubai, a Metro Fit for Big Dreams

Recently a lot of the news coming out of Dubai has been grim. The high flying Arab Emirate seemed to be diving head-first into the recession at the same pace at which ...

March 24, 2009

Analysts Cheer Daimler's Abu Dhabi Deal

It was the kind of news the German stock market had evidently been waiting for—after the emirate of Abu Dhabi said on Sunday evening it was taking a 9.1 percent stake ...