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

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

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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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