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- ISBN: 9780415444613 | 0415444616
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 8/24/2009
For many, the image of Dubai is of islands shaped like palm trees, luxurious shopping malls and the iconic building in the shape of a dhow's sail - the Burj al Arab. In Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle, Yasser Elsheshtawy reveals a very different city, a place full of aspirations, struggles and encounters taking place in all sorts of settings. It represents, he argues, a new form of urbanity, which cannot be explored by looking only at spectacular developments. One must move into the lesser known spaces of Dubai's traditional neighbourhoods, for they constitute the essence of the city and where its unique urban experiment is played out.