Nader Ardalan, an architecture reserach fellow at Harvard University, says people in the oil-producing world want to be considered in a different light.
NPR: Oil-Rich Abu Dhabi Builds Renewable-Energy City
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And in a way, many of the benefits of building Masdar City will flow to the West, Ardalan says, because so many Western firms are contributing.
NPR: Oil-Rich Abu Dhabi Builds Renewable-Energy City