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What’s the point of Saudi Arabia’s giant sideways desert skyscraper? ‘A big, long symbol of power’

What’s the point of Saudi Arabia’s giant sideways desert skyscraper? ‘A big, long symbol of power’

Saudi Arabia’s proposal for a 105-mile-long building called the Line has all the stuff of a science fiction paperback. The stark desert setting. The kingdom in control of vast amounts of one of the planet’s most crucial resources. The long history of questionable human rights in that cloistered society. The ruler known for authorizing the […]

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