i finally got around to uploading pictures from last week’s trip to Qatar and the UAE — here are some of my favorites:
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Mosque at Katara, Doha
Aviary at Katara, Doha
Wheelbarrows at Souq Waqif, Doha
Gate, Middle of Nowhere, Qatar
Zubarah Fort, Al Zubarah, Qatar
Burj Khalifa, Dubai (seriously I think it’s impossible to take a bad picture of this building)
Looking down on Dubai from the Burj Khalifa
Dubai Mall from the Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Mosque Detail, Al Bastakiya, Dubai
sidebar: the persian gulf
growing up, my image of the Persian Gulf was this:
via Wikipedia
i was 13 at the time of the Gulf War, and i remember watching CNN nightly. because of this, Persian Gulf became synonymous with “Desert Storm”, burning oil fields, Scud missiles, and Saddam Hussein.
it wasn’t until over two decades later that i actually saw the Gulf with my own eyes. i knew there was much more to it than conflict and strife (and Iraq and Kuwait), yet it was a relief to see it, to touch its waters, and to know that there are more salient associations to be had than the narrow understanding with which i lived for most of my life.
Boats, Al Ruwais, Qatar
