Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle Bestseller from sealing a lunch bag

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Country of Design: United Arab Emirates

Publisher: Art Asia Pacific

The resulting interplay was documented in remarkable photographs and is presented for the first time in this bilingual publication with essays by Barragán Foundation Director Federica Zanco and Curator Daniel Garza Usabiaga

Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle Bestseller from sealing a lunch bagYasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubais history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the citys urban development. With the help of case studies and surveys, this book looks beyond the glamour of Dubais mega projects and provides an in depth exploration of a select set of spaces