www.thedukeofdubai.comNew Novel about Old Dubai based on 1970s personal experiences. Idealistic American uproots family, moves to Dubai, becomes oil company school headmaster, meets eccentric ex-oilman and powerful wealthy people, searches for fortune, confronts Iranian patrol boats, Yemeni extremists, Arab Jinns (spirits), ruthless gun-smuggling Bedou. And that's only Page One! Order your copy now!
www.anitavanderkrol.com Remarkable series of Unique Original Photos taken in late 1970s
by a Dutch Expat recording Dubai People going about their everyday lives.
Dubai as it really used to be in 1977! Photos from the late 1970s of Old Dubai showing Diera and Jumeriah Beaches as they used to be. Well worth a visit - or two!
1986 Article on Dubai
From a Saudi Aramco publication about Dubai's development in the 1980s.
Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson's personal site. He worked in Old Dubai. Fascinating 1970s photos of Old Dubai.
George Bell's photos and personal experiences in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from the 1960s
Harry's Stuff Harry from Cornwall UK lived and worked in Dubai in late 1960s. Good quality photos from those days plus a really good 1960s photo of Al Nasr Square.
Sheikh Saeed's House About Sheikh Saeed's House and its development as a Heritage Site.
