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Here is a culture aficionado who found all that he wanted in the charmed capital of the UAE.Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:20PMFor Pascal Gueyle it was the Corniche that impressed him most. “I was in Dubai at that time. My mother came to visit me from France and we both went to Abu Dhabi and that was when I discovered the Corniche first and loved it,” he remembered.

MOORE HAPPY TO BE BACK IN ACTIONFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:20AMRyan Moore was not among the winners on his eagerly-awaited return to action at Salisbury.

The slave market of Zanzibar is a site made sacred by historyTuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:35PMStories of cruelty and suffering abound here, and still strike at the conscience As the Ground Zero mosque saga in New York demonstrated, certain points on the map become sacred because of their history – but quite how to consecrate them is a prickly question of justice and taste. South Africa's constitutional court, for example, is built at the site of a notorious jail where thousands of black ...

1001 Inventions: Science in Muslim landsMonday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:11AMFor generations, the lore of "One Thousand and One Nights" helped shape Western notions about Muslim culture. The collection of tales described an exotic world of harems and flying carpets, Sinbad and monsters, Aladdin and the jinn, Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.

Fairfax District Shops and RestaurantsThursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:55AMThat stretch of Fairfax Boulevard in between Melrose Avenue and Beverly Boulevard is stuffed with kosher grocery stores, judaica shops, and strange little storefronts specializing in persian carpets and luggage.

Who’s Watching Huguette’s Millions?Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:14AMThe heiress owner of Santa Barbara’s majestic Clark Estate is a frail 104-year-old who’s lived in a hospital for two decades and whose sole contact with the outside world apparently is with her felon accountant and his attorney associate.

egypt: A new attraction to draw visitors to a capital rich in treasuresSunday, August 22, 2010 @ 1:27PMCairo’s Museum of Islamic Art — the world’s largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on August 14 after an eight-year restoration project.

BURCHARD GALLERIES 2528 30th Avenue North St Petersburg Florida 727.821.1167 Sunday August 22nd 2010 @ 12 NoonSaturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:10PMA weekly newspaper serving the antiques and arts industry, collectors, and institutions. New information each week on antiques shows and auctions around the country and antiques dealer listings.

The Bentley-driving tenant from hellFriday, August 20, 2010 @ 6:56PMThe Bentley-driving, condo-trashing tenant from hell who likes to claim she's a Persian princess is back before the Landlord and Tenant Board for the umpteenth time.