Dubai: BRIDGING THE GULF BETWEEN US: Dubai Finding Its Own Cultural Voice

Francis November 6, 2015

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with recommended extension to Oman Dates: March 7–13, 2016, with extension March 13–20 (6 nights or 13 nights) For more information on this trip please contact Literary Traveler. 1-855-LIT-TRVL Readings: The Dog, by Joseph O’Neill and Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs, by Abdulaziz Al Farsi (trans. Nancy Roberts) Accommodations: Vida Downtown Hotel, Dubai and various resorts in Muscat Description/Itinerary: As recently as the 1950s, Dubai was little more than a cluster of tiny villages and date farms populated by fishermen, pearl hunters, and nomadic Bedoui...

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