Dubai Scenes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wind tower, Dubai Museum. These structures brought winds down into the living quarters below, cooling the hot desert winds. They were an early form of air-conditioning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Museum entrance. Phil Roberts photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gold Souk, Dubai. Phil Roberts photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water taxi unloading after crossing "the Creek," Bur Dubai. Phil Roberts photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phil Roberts and Nancy Sharpe NtiAsare, during the filming of an installment of the  television program, "Eye on Dubai." The two attorneys compared media law in America and the Emirates. Photo courtesy of Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interior photograph of a "majlis" tent, traditional meeting place of Emirati ruler and his people.