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050	1	4	_aDS247.D74 _b.T56 2007 UAE
090			_aDS 247 .D74 .T56 2007 UAE
245	1	0	_aThose were the days : _bJournals of Dubai / _c[edited by] Shahnaz Pakravan.
260			_aDubai, UAE : _bAl Wasl Books; _bInternational Printing Press; _bDistributed by Motivate Publishing, _c2007.
300			_a279 p.: _bill. (chiefly col.), ports; _c31 cm.
505	0		_aHow it all began/ Shahnaz Pakravan -- The plight of the pulleys. Andy Jackson -- All God's children/ Omana Menon -- Time and tide/ Mike Shepley -- The resurrection/ Alison Collins -- The wireless, the goggle box and the stars/ Richard Coram -- The mother's story/ Linda Mahoney -- Of mice and white elephants/ Guy Guillemard -- Full circle/ Brian Wilkie -- After the fall/ Dariush Zandi -- of camels, Christmas and customs/ Julia Johnson -- The lesson/ Dhruv Dhawan -- The family/ Herta Farha -- Cycle of life/ Jonathan Ali Khan -- Then and now/ Alexander Johnson -- God gives nuts to those with no teeth/ Ron Bagnulo -- Shifting sands/ Ian Fairservice -- Wind in the dust/ Anita Mehra -- The discovery/ Christian Gross.
520			_aThis book is a unique testament to an era that has passed and will never be seen again. Eighteen Dubai veterans tell their personal journeys with poigent memories, entertaining anecdotes and photographs from collections never seen before. Shahnaz Pakravan has gathered a diversegroup of people - many of them personal friends, others colleagues whise work she has admired, and skilfully woven their experiences to form a fascinating and very personal album. Every testimonial is original, yet what binds them together is their love and magnetic attraction for this Ard al barakat- this blessed land.
651		0	_aDubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) _xSocial life and customs _y20th century _9110537
690			_aDubai memoirs _9110540
700	1		_aPakravan, Shahnaz _9110541
907			_a20721 _b10-27-10 _c08-06-10
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