Feature: How Did Dubai Become Such an Open City?

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Presenter: Faris Bseiso

Delivered: NYC on February 24, 2023

In this afikra feature, Faris Bseiso explores how Dubai became an open city. He talks about the first 100 years of Al Maktoum Rule, nation building and Arab influences, and Dubai today.

Sources & Future References

• United Arab Emigrants. Stories of pioneer Arab migrants who became Emirati | سلطان سعود القاسمي | Medium

• Maktoum dynasty | Britannica

• The Blueprint: A History of Dubai’s Spatial Development Through Oil Discovery By Stephen J. Ramos

• From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates: A Society in Transition - Frauke Heard-Bey - Google Books

• Merchants' Role in a Changing Society: The Case of Dubai, 1900-90 | JSTOR

• Iranian Migrations to Dubai: Constraints and Autonomy of a Segmented Diaspora

• Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf | Hurst Publishers

• The "Tiering" of Citizenship and Residency and the "Hierarchization" of Migrant Communities: The United Arab Emirates in Historical Context | JSTOR

• The Baluch Role in the Persian Gulf during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | Balochi Linguist

• As a Matter of Fact, The Legend of Dubai | JSTOR

• Sheikh Rashid ibn Saeed Al Maktoum | Britannica

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