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Traditional architecture in the United Arab Emirates was heavily influenced by the desert landscape, culture, lifestyle and available building materials. [7] The Bedouin, a nomadic Arab tribe who traditionally live in the desert were well known for using palm frond shelters, known as arish in the summer months.
Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain (Arabic: دير قانون رأس العين) (Lit.Fountain-head; The head of the Spring [1]) is a place abounding with immense fountains, with reservoirs and aqueducts 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) south of Tyre, and ca. 77 kilometers (48 mi) south of Beirut, in the South Governorate (Liban-Sud), in the municipality of Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain.
The desert covers some 650,000 km 2 (250,000 sq mi) (the area of long. 44°30′−56°30′E, and lat. 16°30′−23°00′N) including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. [3] It is part of the larger Arabian Desert.
Al Khatim Desert is a desert between Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.. The local tour operators those who conduct 4x4 Desert Safari tours from Abu Dhabi created many fabulous track that meanders between untouched ranges of sand dunes, following the valleys that naturally occur where alluvial plains gently percolate underground run-off water from the Omani mountains in the direction of Abu Dhabi city.
The MacQueen's bustard, striped hyena, caracal, desert fox, falcon and Arabian oryx are common in Dubai's desert. Dubai is on the migration path between Europe, Asia and Africa, and more than 320 migratory bird species pass through the emirate in spring and autumn. The waters of Dubai are home to more than 300 species of fish, including the ...
Lebanon’s leading avant-garde filmmaker Ghassan Salhab has always been unapologetically art house, scraping away at traditional forms of narrative to create elliptical works reliant on unfussy ...
Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert; R. Rub' al Khali This page was last edited on 21 January 2025, at 23:44 (UTC). ... Category: Deserts of the United Arab Emirates.
Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve (Arabic: محمية المرموم الصحراوية) [2] is the first unfenced nature conservation reserve in the United Arab Emirates. [1] It is located in the desert area of Saih Al Salam in the emirate of Dubai and comprises some 10% of the total land area of the emirate, including the extensive man ...