The gulf between hot and hotter


People crossing a pedestrian bridge during a hot and foggy day in Dubai. — AFP

AS much of the world swelters in record temperatures, spare a thought for Issam Genedi, who ekes out a living washing cars in one of the planet’s hottest regions – the Gulf.

Pausing from his work at an outdoor car park in Dubai, the Egyptian migrant says the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) furnace-like summer feels even hotter this year.

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