UAE & The Soul of The Emirates
A country cannot be understood only through its commercial opportunities. This title offers a cultural counterpoint to the UAE business collection, inviting attention to belonging, identity and the meanings people attach to place.
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Is this your next book?
Read it alongside the economic books to keep national life larger than the investment narrative. A place has a public image, a historical inheritance and many everyday experiences; none of those perspectives should be mistaken for the whole.
A question to explore before reading
What do you notice about the Emirates when business is no longer the only lens?
Keep this question alongside your own experience as you compare the perspectives in the library.
Explore the subject first.
These original journal essays offer a way into related questions.
A City Becomes More Yours Through the Places You Return To
You Moved Abroad. Your Family May Still Be Planning With the Old Version of You.A perspective for your reading
Read it alongside the economic books to keep national life larger than the investment narrative. A place has a public image, a historical inheritance and many everyday experiences; none of those perspectives should be mistaken for the whole.
A question to carry into the book
Continue this line of inquiry with UAE — A Nation of Light. How does a nation’s self-image influence what outsiders expect to find?
Build your next reading connection
- UAE — A Nation of Light — A national portrait can reveal the hopes and meanings carried by a place.
- UAE — THE OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY — Opportunity is easier to evaluate when it is placed within an economic system.
- BUILT IN DUBAI — Building something in Dubai involves a transition from being impressed by opportunity to delivering a specific result.
