{"title":"Christine Osborne","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"old-gulf-coast-days-united-arab-emirates-paperback","title":"Old Gulf Coast Days: United Arab Emirates - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven sheikhdoms located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qawain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah on the Arabian Sea coast. Historically known as the Trucial States, the region enjoyed British protection until the rulers shelved differences and amalgamated as the UAE in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the discovery of oil, people lived at subsistence level. The men moving between inland oases for the annual date harvest and to the coast for work as fishermen and pearl divers. In the desert hinterland, they lived in tents while simple palm frond shacks provided basic housing by the sea. When crude oil exports from the largest emirate Abu Dhabi began in 1962, life began to change; the economic affects were enormous, but the social affects of this swift transition were equally so as the Bedouin swapped nomadism for an urban lifestyle. Real development- roads, housing, hospitals and schools - was well underway by the 1980s. Dubai had always prospered from a buoyant maritime trade. The small emirates benefited from the munificence of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and the first president of the UAE, who declared that \"Money is of no use unless it is used for the benefit of the people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralian photojournalist Christine Osborne is author of \u003cem\u003eThe Gulf States \u0026amp; Oman \u003c\/em\u003eexamining the impact of oil on development and social change in the Arab States of the Gulf.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377744806111,"sku":"9780992324063","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7EV8N9gQNE9780992324063.webp?v=1789240077"},{"product_id":"old-gulf-coast-days-qatar-paperback","title":"Old Gulf Coast Days: Qatar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe small Arab state of Qatar on the western shore of the Persian Gulf was a slow starter in development when compared with neighbours Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. Although the country had enjoyed good revenue from oil since the mid-seventies, its ruler was reluctant to embrace change. As recently as 1975 capital Doha, had only a single first-class hotel and one bank and people still lived in goat-hair tents in the desert hinterland. When a huge off-shore natural gas field began production in 1989 a decision was taken to replace the old emir. The rise of Qatar following the assumption of power by his son, HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in 1995 was meteoric. Not only in the streets of soaring skyscraper but in desert reclamation schemes, aviation and communications, notably Al-Jazeera an international 24-hour English-language news channel. The FIFA World Cup held in 2022 introduced the tiny nation to a worldwide audience of some 5 billion people. But this book is not an appraisal of Qatar's achievements. Rather it is a look back, via a unique set of photographs, at \"Old Gulf Coast\" days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Osborne is an Australian photojournalist and author of books on the developing world including The Gulf States and Oman examining the impact of oil on local Arab society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377745952991,"sku":"9780992324049","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/brzto4K13W9780992324049.webp?v=1789240080"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/christine-osborne.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}