My Next Legacy for Dubai – The World’s Second Tallest Tower: Burj Azizi. I used to hear stories about Dubai from a friend I had 38 years ago while I was living back home. I used to periodically go to his watch store. He would share stories of his travels and business dealings in a city I knew very little about and never imagined I would call home over cups of tea. Subsequently, I began my own...

When I first learned about the making of the Burj Al Arab: a first-person journey, I was both excited and dubious. The idea of erecting a hotel on a man-made island 280 meters off the coast of Dubai and designing it to resemble a billowing sail seemed more like something out of futuristic fiction than a practical building endeavor. But this wasn't just any project—it was Dubai's audacious...