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Not mentioned here in the comments (and slightly unclear if you only read the title) is that the $16,000 was not USD but $16,000 AED, so about ~$60,000 USD.


> BCG would give me the rough equivalent of $16,000 in UAE dirhams

I read that as enough AED to be equivalent to ~$16k USD.


Agreed. Dirhams is the unit, so it would be "16,000 dirhams," not $16,000 in dirhams.


1 USD = 3.6 AED

Also, the article states that the offer was for $16,000 in equivalent local currency, so ~AED60,000.


USD/AED is 3.67, so 16K AED is USD 4360




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