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21,000 laborers so far dead building NEOM, Saudi Arabia's futuristic city in the desert

Racist and abusive western contractors are there to help out

Rob Beschizza
Oct 31, 2024
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NEOM, the striplike desert city in northwest Saudi Arabia, is just one part of the kingdom's massive plan to build out a more tourist- and business-friendly region near the borders with Egypt and Israel. Locals have been violently evicted from traditional lands, and workers are faring even worse, according to a new documentary. At least 21,000 of …

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