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United Arab Emirates

The villages are all built near the entrance of salt-water creeks or marshes, which serve as harbors at high-tide … near Sharka there are palm-groves, and further inland are oases.

Samuel M. Zwemer Arabia: The Cradle of Islam (1900)
The turquoise cover and spine of Abu Dhabi Bright by Assouline.

For your coffee table

Abu Dhabi Bright

Assouline

Abu Dhabi’s architecture, cultural life and the oasis of Al Ain in photographs.

Hardcover · Over 200 illustrations

25 × 33 cm

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An open spread showing three pale stone buildings and landscaped courtyards beside the sea in Abu Dhabi.

Some of my Instagram posts from the United Arab Emirates

Olga before Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi at sunset.Olga kayaking beneath the patterned dome of Louvre Abu Dhabi.Olga seated on a desert dune at sunset in the United Arab Emirates.