“The past, he thought, is linked with the present by an unbroken chain of events flowing one out of the other…” wrote Chekhov.
Nothing could more accurately encapsulate the sentiments more accurately than looking at Dubai over the astonishing year that has transpired, as the zeitgeist morphed from one of cautious optimism amidst a sea of despair at the beginning of the year, to one of strength, exuberance and triumph as the sun sets on 2021. The “onetime future of past generations”, to quote Reinhart Koselleck.
