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  • Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital tour

    Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital Tour: In close quarters with birds of prey

    July 20, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Wearing a long white robe and a head-cover, a young Emirati man with a stubble is introducing the bygone nomadic life of his ancestors. He, the guide, and we, the tourists, stand forming a circle. At the centre of the human ring is a glass showcase with several sculpted falcons. I am in Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital—a government hospital dedicated to the treatment and upkeep of falcons. Established in 1999 as a government subsidized falcon veterinary centre, eventually it delved deeper into research and development of medicines. In 2006 the falcon hospital was capable of providing care to all species of birds. In 2007 it opened a facility to provide…

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    Tania Banerjee

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  • Qasr Al Hosn Abu Dhabi

    Qasr Al Hosn: Through a tourist’s perspective

    July 16, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Abu Dhabi takes its high rises quite seriously. I am waiting for my guide Georgette who has gone to arrange my tickets and secure my entry to Qasr Al Hosn — the oldest stone building in the city of Abu Dhabi. I stand on one of the broad pavements adjacent to this national monument. A huddle of skyscrapers surrounds me. I crane my neck up trying to count the number of floors, a seemingly impossible task. An unfamiliar booming noise sends me limping a few feet away for cover. My ears ring and in a few seconds I conjure up horrible thoughts of never seeing my loved ones again. A…

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  • Wahat Al Karama Abu Dhabi

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    July 14, 2020 / 2 Comments

    In a shallow patch of water, barely ankle-deep, an inverted reflection of the pristine white Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque wavers under the late afternoon Sun. Georgette, my guide, informs me that the artificial freshwater pool is drained and refilled every day at 5 PM except during this time of the year—Ramadan. I am at Wahat Al Karama, which means ‘Oasis of Dignity’, a monument dedicated to United Arab Emirates’s heroes who lost their lives on duty— the country’s first war memorial. The site is across the street from the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, deliberately constructed close to the mosque so that the departed souls of young men and women to…

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