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Two iconic cities that have rewritten the record books, Dubai and Abu Dhabi are futuristic playgrounds packed with hedonistic pleasures, chic shopping malls and luxury resorts. …

There are vast swathes of people in economic migration across the Gulf states today. In total, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar form the largest …

Qatar Museums will open a first-of-its-kind exhibition exploring the arts and architecture from Pakistan since the 1940s. Organised by the future Art Mill Museum and presented in …

Making sense of Saudi Arabia is crucially important today. The kingdom's western province contains the heart of Islam, and it is the United States' closest Arab ally and the …

20 November 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. With thousands of …

Over the last 50 years, Dubai has transformed itself from a small fishing and trading village into an integrated, modern, and vibrant economy. The development process was initiated …

First published in 1995. The author presents this book as a tale of a small and distinct country and an account for its struggle for self-preservation, continued development and …

In 1970, the SAS was called in to support the Sultan of Oman’s armed forces in their bitter struggle against a Communist-backed insurrection. This is the gripping story of the part …

First published in 2005. This study results from an intensive years fieldwork completed in Bahrain in 2001. This comprised two seasons of both excavations and surveys (February-May …

First published in 1990. A country's development does not take place in a vacuum and it was therefore essential in this earlier work that the main subject (the Kingdom of Saudi …