Maktoum: The Hidden Dynasty Behind Dubai's Power, Wealth, and the Royal Secrets of a Billionaire Family

In classical Arabic, the word "e;maktoum"e; means hidden. Sealed shut. Withheld from view. It is also the name of the family that, in 1833, led eight hundred Bedouin out of Abu Dhabi to the mouth of a saltwater creek — and, nine generations later, built one of the most consequential city-economies of the modern world.This is the first complete portrait of the Maktoum dynasty written in the post-La...