Karama Archives — Lara Dunston

Dubai: best backstreets vol 2

Not far from Dubai’s gritty Karama and Satwa ‘hoods is Al-Musalla Rd, Bur Dubai, the city’s ‘Little India’. The side streets are lined with Bollywood tape shops and boutiques selling bejewelled and sequinned numbers modelled by kitsch mannequins. There are cheap Pakistani, Azerbaijani and Russian eateries, and Indian sweet shops. There’s a tea shop one … Read more about Dubai: best backstreets vol 2

Dubai: best backstreets vol 1

by Lara Dunston

Travellers to Dubai tend to come for sun, sand and shopping. Few seem interested in exploring anything more than the hotel beach and nearest mall. Yet, like Hong Kong, Dubai’s backstreets are endlessly fascinating. While the city’s critics complain that Dubai has no culture or soul, they only need to get out of their five … Read more about Dubai: best backstreets vol 1