Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich explores behind the scenes of one of the world’s fastest growing cities. Under the rule of the Al Maktoum family, Dubai has transformed from a sleepy village on the banks of the Arabian gulf into one of the most thriving and affluent places on the planet. We spend time with the locals, ex-pats and tourists, as well as those who serve them, to ask how this attention-grabbing city has emerged from the desert and gained such popularity over the last 50 years.