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Dubai History
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Dubai:
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By Yasser Elsheshtawy
Routledge
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Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai’s history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city’s urban development. With the help of case studies and surveys this book explores the economic and political forces driving Dubai’s urban growth, its changing urbanity and its place within the global city network. Uniquely, it looks beyond the glamour of Dubai’s mega-projects, and provides an in-depth exploration of a select set of spaces which reveal the city’s ‘inner life’. |
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By Sarah Woods
Cadogan Guides
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If you are planning to work, live or invest in property in booming Dubai, this essential book not only tells you where to start but guides you through every step. Engaging, readable and peppered with expert advice, it helps you fit in fast, with invaluable background on local politics and culture and expat life. All you need to know about living in Dubai and finding work is outlined in reassuring detail, from getting visas and permits to employment law and finances, renting or buying a home, finding schools and opening a bank account. Whether you're seeking a vacation home or investment property, a business opportunity or a brand new lifestyle, this is the only guide you need to help you ask the right questions and make the right decisions.* Examines the best areas to buy, live and work, from the man-made islands of Jumeirah to the eco-village of Green Community, waterfront apartments at Dubai Marina, high-level living in Business Bay, the fantasy homes of The World, golf homes in Dubai Sports City or Arabian Ranches or the flower-themed town houses of Discovery Gardens
* Provides an unrivalled wealth of expert legal and financial advice, economic background, and guidance on tackling red tape
* Outlines the opportunities for employment, going freelance or starting your own business
* Passes on the personal experiences of people who have already overcome the challenges of emigrating to Dubai |
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By Julia Wheeler
Explorer Publishing
Hardcover (156 pages)
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BBC Gulf Correspondent Julia Wheeler was granted the unique privilege to talk to some of Dubai's founding citizens about how life once was in this mesmerising emirate. This collection of stories provides a rare insight into a city that has undergone one of the most dramatic metamorphoses in modern history. Paul Thuysbaert's intuitive and imaginative portraits transport these stories into the present and give Dubai a compelling face. |
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Books LLC
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: History of Dubai, History of the Jews in the United Arab Emirates, Saqr Bin Mohammad Al-Qassimi, Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, Postage Stamps and Postal History of Sharjah, United Nations Security Council Resolution 304. Excerpt: The first human settlement in the history of Dubai was in approximately 3000 BC, when the area was inhabited by nomadic cattle herders. In the 3rd century AD, the area came under the control of the Sassanid Empire which lasted until the 7th century AD, when the Umayyad Caliphate took control and introduced Islam to the area. The area was sustained by fishing and pearl diving for a thousand years, with the first records of the town being made in 1799 when the Bani Yas clan established it as a dependency of Abu Dhabi . Dubai became a separate Sheikhdom in 1833, when the Al-Maktoum dynasty of the Bani Yas clan (initially from Abu Dhabi ) took it over peacefully. The invention of artificial pearls in 1926 and the Great Depression in 1929 caused a collapse in the international pearl market, which resulted in Sheikh Saeed looking for an alternative source of income and Dubai becoming one of the leading re-export ports in the world. In 1966, oil was discovered in Dubai, which changed the country beyond recognition and led to Dubai becoming the vibrant, modern, business-centred city-state it is today.Early history Records of the area where the emirate of Dubai is situated are very rare for any period before the 18th century. During the expansion of the Sheikh Zayed Road between 1993 and 1998, remnants of a mangrove swamp were uncovered which were dated to approximately 7000 BC. It is thought that by about 3000 BC, the coastline had moved seaward sufficiently towards the present-day coastline and the area became covered in sand. As it be... |
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By Icon Group International
Icon Group International
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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Dubai," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Dubai in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Dubai when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Dubai, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. |
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Alphascript Publishing
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Dubai. History of Dubai, Geography of the United Arab Emirates, Politics of the United Arab Emirates, Human rights in Dubai, Demographics of Dubai, Economy of Dubai, Developments in Dubai, Tourism in Dubai, Education in Dubai Radio and television channels of Dubai, Transportation in Dubai, List of tallest buildings in Dubai, Dubai International Airport, List of shopping malls in Dubai. |
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By Ronald Codrai
Motivate Publishing
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By Noor Ali Rashid
Motivate Publishing
Hardcover (144 pages)
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Art Dubai
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