TY - BOOK AU - Caesar,Judith TI - Writing off the beaten track: reflections on the meaning of travel and culture in the Middle East SN - 0815629575 : AV - DS247.T84 C34 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Syracuse, N.Y. PB - Syracuse University Press KW - Caesar, Judith KW - United Arab Emirates KW - Social life and customs KW - Description and travel N1 - Introduction: Why Don't You Just Stay Home? -- Places -- Time and Space: Abayahs and Cell Phones -- Sharjah and Dubai: Cities on the Sand -- Hatta: Off the Beaten Track of History -- People -- Windows into the Emirates -- Students: Teaching and Learning Across Cultures -- Mohammad al-Murr's Map of Dubai -- Looking Jnward -- The Garden and the Desert -- Wild and Tame: The Cheetah in the Bathroom -- Distorted Images in the Mirror -- Windows into America -- Off the Beaten Track -- Teaching Multiculturally and Being Multicultural -- Dune Planet at the Millennium ER -