Dubai Travel News

Travel & Tourism News of Dubai and rest of UAE

Month: July 2010

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Liwa Date Festival announces opening of registration

Abu Dhabi, July 8th, 2010 (WAM) — The Organizing Committee of the Liwa Date Festival 2010 opened the registration process at the site on Tuesday for those wishing to participate in all ratab (half-ripe dates) branches of the competition. The…

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Dusty Diamonds Cut And Polished – A Tale Of City-Arab Life And Adventure

Product DescriptionMany of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork….

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Islam and the West: The Making of an Image

ISBN13: 9781851686568 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis classic study by Norman Daniel explores the political and religious considerations behind the typically negative western views of Islam, examining Christian-Muslim interaction from medieval times to…

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Islam and the West: The Making of an Image

ISBN13: 9781851686568 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis classic study by Norman Daniel explores the political and religious considerations behind the typically negative western views of Islam, examining Christian-Muslim interaction from medieval times to…

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An Arab Philosophy of History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun of Tunis

Product DescriptionThe Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun are in many ways the most remarkable manifestation of Islamic philosophical thought. Not only did Ibn Khaldun sum up the accumulated knowledge and leading doctrines of his civilization, but in many fields he broke…

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Geo Special Dubai, Emirate und Oman

Geo Special Dubai, Emirate und Oman

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Freedom’s Unsteady March: America’s Role in Building Arab Democracy

Product Description President George W. Bush intended to bring democracy to the Middle East, but the early results were dispiriting. After stalemate in Iraq and the electoral success of Hamas, many observers concluded that the pursuit of Arab democracy was…

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Islam and the Bible

ISBN13: 9780802410177 Condition: USED – VERY GOOD Notes: Product Description There are three to four million Muslims living in North America, and that number continues to grow. Practically speaking, it is imperative that Christians know what Muslims believe, so as…

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Arab Women Writers: An Anthology Of Short Stories

Consisting of sixty short stories by forty women writers from across the Arab world, this collection opens numerous windows onto Arab culture and society and offers keen insights into what Arab women feel and think. The stories deal not only…

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Product DescriptionThis series sets out to explain why the major wars of the 20th century started, to describe what happened, and to analyse how the results changed our world. Each title includes 24 maps which show how the battles and…

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Dubai Club Players: Cheick Oumar Dabo

Product DescriptionPurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic…

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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

ISBN13: 9780345384560 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description“An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers.”THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDIn this stunningly intelligent book, Karen…

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Islamic Law and Finance:Religion, Risk, and Return

Product DescriptionMirroring the expansion of wealth in the Middle East and Asia and a surge in Islamic self-identity, Islamic banking practices have either become the law of the land or coexist and compete with Western practices in at least six…

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The Arab Chest

Product DescriptionThis is the first exhaustive study of a piece of furniture that has been used in the Arab world for centuries, and on the East African coast since the early 1800s. The Arab chest caught the attention of expatriates…

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Bridges To Islam: A Christian Perspective on Folk Islam

Product DescriptionIn the acclaimed book Muslim Evangelism, Phil Parshall devotes one chapter to “bridges which can assist in facilitating understanding between Islam and Christianity.” In Bridges to Islam he expands that key chapter into a book. The most promising bridges…