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theartsdesk in the Emirates: A Cultural Arms Race
theartsdesk in the Emirates: A Cultural Arms Race
The cultural arms race in the Gulf hots up
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Water featured: I.M. Pei's Museum of Islamic Art
Rising spectacularly from the warm turquoise waters of Doha Bay, the building which is probably I.M. Pei’s final and perhaps his greatest work, the iconic Museum of Islamic Art, symbolises the cultural arms race among the Islamic Emirates strung out along the Gulf, on the flank of Big Brother Saudi Arabia.
Rising spectacularly from the warm turquoise waters of Doha Bay, the building which is probably I.M. Pei’s final and perhaps his greatest work, the iconic Museum of Islamic Art, symbolises the cultural arms race among the Islamic Emirates strung out along the Gulf, on the flank of Big Brother Saudi Arabia.
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