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Fujairah: a different UAE experience.
When people mention UAE, the immediate thought is Dubai. Let’s mix that up a little bit. Here’s some fresh air! Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE, and the only one of the seven...
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Women by Steve McCurry.
Happy women’s day! To celebrate it, here’s my small selection of amazing photos by amazing Steve McCurry. These are women from the Middle East, but couple of other places too, seen through his...
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The International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2014 finalists.
A month ago, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction announced the shortlist for the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Frankenstein in Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi Hadi al-Attag lives in the...
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Meet five inspiring Arab fashion designers.
Author: Vera Illugadóttir/ Your Middle East These designers have one thing in common – they all challenge conventional ideas about fashion in the Middle East. Khaled al Qasimi “There’s always this...
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Far From Home: Guest Workers of the Gulf.
Jonas Bendiksen is Norwegian photographer who likes “working on stories that get left behind in the race for the daily headlines – journalistic orphans. Often, the most worthwhile and convincing images...
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Picture an Arab man.
Tamara Abdul Hadi is a Canadian – Iraqi photojournalist. She was raised in Canada, and after graduation went to live and work for Reuters in UAE. Later on she moved and lived and worked all over the...
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Beyond the architectural text (Middle East).
The Damascene House is beyond the architectural text The design of our homes… Is based on an emotional foundation For every house leans … on the hip of another And every balcony… Extends its hand to...
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(Interview) Tamara Abdul Hadi: A different Middle East.
Tamara Abdul Hadi is an Iraqi-Canadian photojournalist whose work I’ve been following for a while now. Her projects are strong and on point, dealing with social injustice and deconstructing...
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Under The Splendor & Sparkle of The Gulf: Modern-day Slavery.
“‘My message to the head of the Louvre would be to come and see how we are living here,’ said Tariq, a carpenter’s helper working on construction of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, a $653 million Middle Eastern...
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(Interview) Laleh Khalili | Between War & Commerce.
/We are the dream makers, Dubai by Arcadia Blank/ Laleh Khalili is professor of Middle East politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She is the author of Heroes and Martyrs of...
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