9781857338744-185733874X-UAE - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

UAE - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

ISBN-13: 9781857338744
ISBN-10: 185733874X
Edition: Second edition
Author: Culture Smart!, John Walsh
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Kuperard
Format: Paperback 168 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781857338744
ISBN-10: 185733874X
Edition: Second edition
Author: Culture Smart!, John Walsh
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Kuperard
Format: Paperback 168 pages

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UAE - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (ISBN-13: 9781857338744 and ISBN-10: 185733874X), written by authors Culture Smart!, John Walsh, was published by Kuperard in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Customs & Traditions (Social Sciences, Popular Culture, Cultural, Anthropology) books. You can easily purchase or rent UAE - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Customs & Traditions books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.84.

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Full of people who aim to combine the ancient and the modern, the UAE is an extremely rewarding place to visit. Set on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Gulf, the country was once a poor desert land, a confederation of tribal sheikhdoms on the periphery of the Arab world, subsisting on pearl diving and fishing. It was a British protectorate until independence in 1971, after which seven of the sheikhdoms united to form a federation, the UAE. The discovery of oil in the 1950s transformed the country’s fortunes, and the UAE today is a land of contrasts—embracing skyscrapers, high-tech communications, and luxury hotels, while conservative values and religion remain strong. The UAE is a major player in the shifting alliances of the Middle East and the war against radical Islam, simultaneously seeking a global leadership position while maintaining its social systems and slowly integrating women into public life without violating its core beliefs.

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