**“Dubai was always shown as a beautiful city — skyscrapers, the marina, the lights, the entertainment. From the outside, it looked magical.
But over the years, I kept hearing stories from people who lived there… stories about how hard life could be, how projects stalled, how the shine didn’t always match the reality.
This comic originally captured the Dubai I remembered from the 2000s — full of promise and wonder. But as time went on, that magic wasn’t as strong as I once believed.
