WORLD
August 13, 2009 | By Amro Hassan
The job that Ahmed Amin thought came with a lifetime warranty is gone. Like millions of Egyptians over the decades, Amin left his native land to work in the Persian Gulf. In 2005, he was hired as a construction engineer in Dubai, the boisterous and glittering financial hub of the United Arab Emirates. But when the global financial crisis hit hard this year, skyscrapers stood unfinished and Amin was fired. "The last four months have changed the face of my whole life. I had a job that I was more than content with.