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Wondering who’s exoticism is sold here

Wondering who’s exoticism is sold here

People like me are called or call themselves Westerners here. So we regard ourselves and are regarded occidental. Are we thus the exotic in the orient or are people from here self-identifying as exotic the way we identify as western?

Author jbennoPosted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Diversity of religions

Diversity of religions
Author jbennoPosted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Christmas in the Emirates

Christmas in the Emirates

Merry shopping and Frohes Fest!

Author jbennoPosted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Ashtrays

Ashtrays

The historic assembly room of the National Consultative Council of Abu Dhabi

Author jbennoPosted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Tarikh Al Tabari

Tarikh Al Tabari

From the library of Sheikh Sakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan at Qasr al Hosn.

Author jbennoPosted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Bottle of crude oil from one of the first exploratory drillings, once owned by Sheikha Salama bint Butti

Bottle of crude oil from one of the first exploratory drillings, once owned by Sheikha Salama bint Butti

The Sheikha is said to have taken this bottle from the drilling site back to her home at Al Ain to show it to her son, the later Sheikh Zayad bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Qasr al Hosn

Author jbennoPosted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Qasr al Hosn

Qasr al Hosn

The tower of the outer wall of the original Abu Dhabi fort Qasr al Hosn was built by late Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan al Nahyan in 1948. Just a few decades lie between the tower in the front and those in the back …

Author jbennoPosted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Hydroponic Farming

Hydroponic Farming

Ultra micro-local farming: The greens are grown right in the supermarket.

Author jbennoPosted on December 3, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

Al Jahili Fort Al Ain

Al Jahili Fort Al Ain

as seen on the bottles.

Author jbennoPosted on November 30, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

The Crescent

The Crescent

And a the evening star.

Author jbennoPosted on November 29, 2019December 8, 2019Categories Uncategorized

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