"A lot of people thought democracy means chaos"

"Mr. Dathar Al-Khashab has been at Daura Refinery, the heart of the Midland Refineries Company (MRC) for fifty years. He still wears his dark blue engineering coveralls from behind his ornate desk.

“I was born here,” he said with a rattled laugh. He just quit smoking several months ago. “In 1968 I was assigned to Daura as a general engineer. I’m still here. I tried to retire last year. They wouldn't let me.”"
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