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Showing posts with label Emirates history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emirates history. Show all posts
Tuesday 14 January 2020

In Plain Sight - Five Places You Probably Didn't Know Were Even There

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The landscape of the Emirates is dotted with little bits of history: a murabaa (watch tower) speaks of a conflict between emirates or tribe...
Sunday 12 January 2020

Children of the Seven Sands to be at the LitFest Shock Horror

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Well, it would appear as if 5pm on Friday the 7th of February is the time to be at the Intercon Festival City. That's when I'l...
Saturday 4 January 2020

Happy New Year And All That

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We took an A380. It's quicker... So, here we are back 'in station' from 'leave in UK'. The coming week will invo...
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Thursday 5 December 2019

#SharjahSaturday - A QUICK FAQ

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Frequently Asked Questions #SharjahSaturday  What IS #SharjahSaturday? It's just a wee Twitter hashtag. I've proposed a route ...
Thursday 28 November 2019

#SharjahSaturday - The Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation

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The flowering of Islamic science resulted not only in the translation and preservation of the knowledge of the ancients, but in a remark...
Tuesday 26 November 2019

#SharjahSaturday - Fen and the Heart of Sharjah

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Fen's chocolate cake. This is actually legal . Returning from the desert and its amazing wildlife, the idea is to drop into the ...
Tuesday 12 November 2019

The Dutch East India Company's Place in the History of the Emirates

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We went to stay with friends over the summer - they had lived here in the Emirates but returned to Holland, being Dutch as they is. Andr...