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

Francis November 6, 2015

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Destination:

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 Bedo...

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