Old Bastakia

Welcome to Dubai as it used to be!

50 years ago Dubai was an unknown small coastal trading town. Today Dubai is a major International Business, Financial, Tourist and Trading Centre. Much has changed along the way in education, health, food, travel, transport, housing and people. Old Dubai has been demolished, rebuilt, refurbished or "modified" in the process!

My website is about providing an insight into Dubai's past for those who only know New Dubai and memories for those who knew Dubai as it used to be.

What's new?

• John Harris developed Dubai's First Master Plan and designed Dubai's World Trade Centre. More here >>>
• Jack Briggs brought competitive Cycling to Dubai. More here >>>
• Dubai's Hard Rock Cafe has closed and maybe disappear. More here >>>
• Sal Davies wrote "Back in Dubai" --- Dubai's Theme Song in the 1980s.
  Turn up the sound! Listen to Sal and The Exhibitionists! More here >>>
• Today Dubai's Visitors stay at one of Dubai's many new and opulent Hotels but see little of Dubai as it used to be. In the late 1970s visitors stayed at the Sheraton Hotel by the Creek where they walked or took an Abra to see Soukhs, Markets, Museums and Palaces. More here >>>

Please browse and enjoy!

Sheikh Rashid