https://www.toddreisz.com/posts daily 1.0 2025-12-29 https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/pardonourprogress monthly 0.5 2026-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/4d342ee1-9bf1-4d2b-bc18-fe3ac1743bef/VB2006_the+gulf_copyright+oma.JPG Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out The Gulf at Venice Architecture Biennale, 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/10f81f0a-c793-45b0-8839-278febddaf2d/7+DSC08461.JPG Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out From documentation images of Bastakiya collected by Rashad Bukhash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/1adaecc7-f25f-47db-90d7-ad021287164f/2.+Full+Programme.png Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/85706e8e-dce2-4750-9483-39c053f53e6c/C2391.MP4.13_46_34_21.Still001.jpg Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out Arva S. Ahmed, center, at Deira Fish Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/99e38a1c-f71d-407e-8b17-0c44d0502a25/IMG_1842b.jpg Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out Night scene at the School of Environment & Architecture, Mumbai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/848fb496-0e0f-437a-91fc-4a121a70fc0d/The-Orchards---Still-4_LO.jpg Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out Still from Al Basateen, featured in Night School’s film program organized by Hind Mezaina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/0857658a-25e9-4071-ae20-2720a16518b6/Hassan+Family_Mohandiseen.jpg Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out Family snapshot in front of early building in Mohandiseen, Cairo, 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/61fb0739-c6ac-400e-9307-4e773f8e84c3/Heard+Bey+w+Musallim+bin+Al+Kamam.jpg Posts - Pardon Our Progress - Make it stand out David Heard and Frauke Heard-Bey sit with Musallim bin Al Kamam, centre, former travel companion to Wilfred Thesiger, on right, during the latter’s storied traversals of the Rub al Khali. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/tectonicnovel monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/cc3c41b5-72e0-45b6-9b4c-23b90188efac/Faces+Together+copy.jpg Posts - A Tectonic Novel - Make it stand out For another Arabic edition of Cities of Salt, Marwan rendered a face sideways, as a landscape. With each volume, color provides more detail, until we begin to lose the face to saturation. Perhaps Marwan expresses a way of reading Munif’s approach to history: whether with scant or abundant evidence, the past remains a cipher, L–R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/6260e508-8c35-44f3-95c3-5832ae7bbfc7/Land+Together+copy.jpg Posts - A Tectonic Novel - Make it stand out For the cover art from one of the Arabic editions of Cities of Salt, the artist Marwan created stirring landscapes, L–R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/11cd0981-684b-41f5-a23a-d2eb5425cc2b/Land+3.jpg Posts - A Tectonic Novel - Make it stand out Cover art by artist Marwan Kassab-Bachi, popularly known as Marwan, for an edition of the third volume of Cities of Salt. Good friends, Abdelrahman Munif and Marwan often collaborated together. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/gazanotaslide-wpb99-9mxtz monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/bed13527-4574-426d-badc-063ad970dff3/Horizon_BW.jpg Posts - Gaza Is Not a Slide Deck - Make it stand out Detail from image in the slide deck, shown here desaturated. The original images can be viewed via the link below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f4a22f7a-2f48-4921-ad91-2c9af1cb8a7c/PPT+Plan.jpg Posts - Gaza Is Not a Slide Deck - Make it stand out Diagrammatic plan from “The GREAT Trust Plan.” Blue dots signify luxury man-made islands named Trump. Red are “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zones.” Plan was written before Musk’s departure from US White House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/833c4e4a-e993-4907-8856-f08fc6df4e29/demo.jpeg Posts - Gaza Is Not a Slide Deck - Make it stand out “The GREAT Trust Plan” estimated 5 years of ordnance removal and site clearance at $9 billion. Image from plan. With a fictional name on excavator, it appears AI-generated, perhaps based on post-earthquake efforts in western Syria in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/847fef7d-cf0b-444e-bb71-9065cb442580/HumTransCtr.jpg Posts - Gaza Is Not a Slide Deck - Make it stand out Life lived as an emergency. Fenced in temporary housing for those who decide to remain during reconstruction, called “humanitarian transfer areas.” From “The GREAT Trust Plan.” https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/resilient-cartographies monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/065c1d94-a5b7-457a-82b6-ad48cc21e3d1/13102038-Cropped_detail-1170x840.jpg Posts - Resilient Cartographies - Make it stand out Carte du Golfe Persique, Depot General de la Marine, after Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1810. www.davidrumsey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/13b0d444-177a-4e44-9ab7-7bf4217bfeac/2212111_Cropped_Web.jpg Posts - Resilient Cartographies - Make it stand out From Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1827, Golfe Persique, Asie 79. www.davidrumsey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/7a9d7c2d-2f84-404d-a946-2b102259f60b/12126112_Cropped_web.jpg Posts - Resilient Cartographies - Make it stand out Braun, Georg and Franz Hogenberg, 1575, in Van der Krogt Vol IV-2: 750, st. 2. www.davidrumsey.com https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/lifelines-night-school-25 monthly 0.5 2025-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/799990e5-f2ca-49d9-8f2b-3321c607bbe4/NS25-homepage.jpg Posts - Lifelines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/haunted-lines-carbonic-dust-1 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/91f623f1-02d7-4726-8a56-28600504168e/OnLosingMeaning_MuhannadShono-2048x1366.jpg Posts - Haunted Lines, Carbonic Dust - Make it stand out On Losing Meaning, Muhannad Shono, 2021. Image on homepage: From The Fifth Sun, Muhannad Shono, 2017 https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/there-you-are-night-school-24 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/80765e10-8b4e-41a7-b6e4-081328f9d415/20231110-nswhatson23_crop_web-2048x1012.jpg Posts - There You Are: Night School ’24 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/nightwatch-an-afterword monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/9f170d3a-5d95-4f5f-b2c4-0d0bf2d3e9f9/Q8-spread-crop_inv_Web-1536x629.jpg Posts - Nightwatch: An Afterword - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/make-history-night-school-23 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f2a8d301-b969-4413-ac74-c7c5c2ec98e0/Make-History-Banner.jpeg Posts - Make History: Night School ’23 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/panoramaoflegacy-wpb99 monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/52e34427-552c-42b5-b1c2-0a4595065588/IMG_9087.jpg Posts - A Panorama of Legacy - Make it stand out Dubai Expo, autumn 2021. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/a-seed-sown-in-digdaga-for-a-stomach-in-dubai monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/68d9e2ca-19de-459d-b8dd-1de170274258/Water-Pump-1536x1167.jpg Posts - A Seed Sown in Digdaga for a Stomach in Dubai - Make it stand out Irrigation system installed in the Trucial States, possibly Al Ain. From "These are the Trucial States." Courtesy of Imperial War Museum, UK. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/the-void monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f4e2df7d-dfe6-48db-89e0-5500f97de28d/MOTF+Sparkle+Still.jpg Posts - The Void - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/525f1b50-6e41-4085-b5cb-b33dfd8b8ccb/al-maktoum-maternity-ward-interior_Web.jpg Posts - The Void - Make it stand out The maternity ward at Al Maktoum Hospital, designed by John R. Harris & Partners. Its completion was as much about the building's display of surfaces as its provision of services. Courtesy of John R. 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Click to watch video at other source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/be17c62c-17e1-48a1-94e5-183f6eeab6bb/MOTF+Still.jpg Posts - The Void - Make it stand out Still from YouTube clip recorded at opening of Museum of the Future, Dubai, February 22, 2022. Source: Rio Olio, YouTube. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/the-monstrous-craft monthly 0.5 2025-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/adb4c9de-8504-4340-9552-252a76c8fc55/skyline_Web_Cr.jpg Posts - The Monstrous Craft - Make it stand out The arriving oil platform, still from ADMA for Short. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f41cd1d8-439b-49d9-832c-238d472ca850/Das-Island_web.jpg Posts - The Monstrous Craft - Make it stand out “This is the area, and this is the island." Das Island as seen from an airplane in the opening of ADMA for Short, 1958. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f0813a3f-bffc-4efc-87ec-296fc3282d2e/New+island.jpg Posts - The Monstrous Craft - Make it stand out BP employees observe as ADMA Enterprise approaches the Das Island settlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/4dec77f2-61c1-4b9e-9eb2-4880054f56d7/ADMA_Binoculars_Web.jpeg Posts - The Monstrous Craft - Make it stand out A floating habitat arrives at the coast of Das Island. From ADMA for Short, 1958. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/5653c6ba-97c7-4e68-b263-2d160295dee3/Smiles_web.jpg Posts - The Monstrous Craft - Make it stand out Sitting on ground they created from quarried fill, two workers look up at "the monstrous craft," the work of engineering which was docked at their own landscape of labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/a1621ba6-99b9-416d-90ed-36b85696a909/TATS_Still_Compare_web.jpg Posts - The Monstrous Craft - Make it stand out These Are the Trucial States (black and white) and ADMA for Short (color) were shot back-to-back by the same film crew. Only recently has the ADMA film become accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/126b43db-e278-4a9a-adc4-d46d8a0419b3/Maquette_web.jpg Posts - The Monstrous Craft - Make it stand out These men, who might be the "American designers" referred to in the film, admire the craftsmanship of a dynamic model of the oil platform, ADMA Enterpise. ADMA for Short, 1958. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/travel-with-fear monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/28f1fb2d-8e92-4f0d-93c1-94664b612e77/NYT-scaled-474x585.jpg Posts - Travel with Fear - Make it stand out Coverage of Dadivank Monastery in New York Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/6b66e78c-2c0d-4acf-89e9-5b6e30cd584a/Pages-from-Lynch_Vol1_web-1536x507.jpg Posts - Travel with Fear - Make it stand out Print of Mount Ararat, from Armenia: Travels and Studies, H. F. B. Lynch. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/roaming-mushrooms monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/9e202aae-e974-4740-a821-4c08be6a3982/Roofplan_web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs - Make it stand out An aerial perspective of Dubai International Airport reveals the two interior atriums and the covered walkways to the tarmac. Courtesy of Brian Broughton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/d3ac24e6-e8e1-44a9-8e70-9729082f342b/Dxb-airport-postcard_YellowWeb.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs - Make it stand out Postcard with overview photo of Dubai International Airport. The original watchtower and domed VIP hall are also visible. Courtesy of Catherine, Fiona, and Jackie Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/1758553260195-GUEJF5HIDR9ZBJ6MMA2R/IMG_9737_Web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/1758553260355-7LVLCUEODG4X4XVE7A3H/IMG_9726-Web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/1758553261539-EHNUREG89LWO6O3N76QX/IMG_9731web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/1758553261824-HJ4YNT36FHF3B907ALIU/IMG_9732_web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/b97ad57b-96fe-4f5b-8e1e-99208e874575/Dubai-Airport-Opening_page_Crop_Web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs - Make it stand out In dark suits and slender ties, Keith Page and Brian Broughton at the opening of Dubai International Airport, May 1971. They formed their partnership, Page & Broughton, to sign the contract for the design of Dubai International Airport. In foreground, left, are Rashid bin Said Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, and his adviser Mahdi Al Tajir. Detail, courtesy of Catherine, Fiona, and Jackie Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/d5ad26c5-7bcc-4b12-8e59-c8e97e0ee543/Detail-Stack_web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs - Make it stand out Stackable components of the "mushroom roofs," probably on site in Dubai. Source: Detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/66960c52-d787-49fc-bf4b-aa4d9a07ccf2/Detail_Placement_Web.jpg Posts - Roaming Mushroom Roofs - Make it stand out One of Dubai International Airport's "mushroom roofs" is being assembled. 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Plan courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. Land use plan of Abu Dhabi, from February 1968, by Japanese architect Katsuhiko Takahashi who worked in the emirate as a consultant for Sheikh Zayed. Plan courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f8e33242-ab0e-4f09-8ad0-ad00fa5dbb0a/Dr.Makhlouf00040015_Web-scaled-417x585.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Dr. Makhlouf’s rendered plan for an Abu Dhabi block, also according to his variant of the neighborhood unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/690c9570-3a17-4105-8f34-9a65b35666ce/Dr.Makhlouf00040017_Web-scaled-418x585.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Conceptual sketch of the full build-out of Abu Dhabi Island by Dr. Makhlouf dated December 22, 1968. Drawings courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. Conceptual sketch of the full build-out of Abu Dhabi Island by Dr. Makhlouf dated December 22, 1968. Drawings courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/93fdfc87-bd6a-4014-9248-f6e9912877ec/Dr.Makhlouf00040002_web-scaled-585x516.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Plan of water distribution project by Arabicon, a British architectural and engineering consultancy which opened an office in Abu Dhabi to oversee discrete housing and development projects. Plan courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/1aef6e16-960e-431b-a614-c1513f8c0b68/Kenzo-Tange_web-410x273.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Dr. Makhlouf receives Kenzo Tange and his translator at his desk in Abu Dhabi. Image courtesy of Dr. Makhlouf. Dr. Makhlouf receives Kenzo Tange and his translator at his desk in Abu Dhabi. Image courtesy of Dr. Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/e5b9fb32-2378-4ade-830f-2e2cce0733f4/AD-Plan_Web.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Dr. Makhlouf’s drawing of Abu Dhabi from December 1968, when he first arrived in the emirate. It is arguably the first comprehensive map of Abu Dhabi’s ongoing and proposed development. Drawing courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/12d28f0f-fad9-4433-9fe3-46167308447c/Makhlouf-points.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Architect and urban planner Dr. Abdulrahman Makhlouf points to an aerial photograph of Abu Dhabi dating from 1973. Within five years of working in Abu Dhabi, the modern grid he was hired to set in place was already evident. Photograph by Ziyah Gafic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/cb353eee-179b-4e9c-b1f6-33c2257cf43c/Makhlouf_Cairo_web-scaled-455x585.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Drawing from master plan for Greater Cairo. Image courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f6dc20a3-cad1-4c87-a6d9-9f12abb407e5/Port-Said-Plan_Web-273x405.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Drawing from Dr. Makhlouf’s study of expanding the Suez Canal at the Port Said/Port Fuad entrance. Image courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. Drawing from Dr. Makhlouf’s study of expanding the Suez Canal at the Port Said/Port Fuad entrance. Image courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/e347d594-ef77-4f44-bfe7-86051b6caead/ZGA_4856_web-scaled-585x402.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Ruler and architect discuss “Conference City” proposal designed by the Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa in the mid-1970s. Photograph courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/8bb95653-29c9-4d31-a50c-ec0aafb5a161/ZGA_4881_Web-scaled-585x447.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Sheikh Zayed and other officials pay close attention to Dr. Makhlouf as he presents his cardboard model of his proposal for Abu Dhabi’s northern shore. Photograph courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/ace8f83c-9614-460f-a6e0-79b8dc2c384b/ZGA_4929_web-scaled-585x390.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Dr. Makhlouf presents his doctoral thesis, which explores the history of the neighborhood unit theory and proposes its application in Giza, Egypt. Photograph by Ziyah Gafic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/23f8af10-d275-4c93-8508-eb2986e50051/ZGA_4875_web-scaled-585x440.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (fourth from left), the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1966 until 2004, tours the construction site of Abu Dhabi’s modern souks as designed and managed by Dr. Makhlouf (second from left). The souks have since been demolished and replaced by the Central Market complex designed by Foster + Partners. Photograph courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/c62da078-5173-43b8-81b7-95663b984f22/ZGA_4834_web-scaled-585x486.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Sheikh Zayed (center) consults Dr. Makhlouf in the ruler’s majlis to discuss Abu Dhabi’s extended development along Airport Road. Photograph courtesy of Abdulrahman Makhlouf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/4ad03052-fa6b-49d4-a654-040f1177cf87/ZGA_6402_Web-scaled.jpg Posts - Plans the Earth Swallows - Make it stand out Surrounded by memories of past achievements, Dr. Makhlouf stands in his conference room in Abu Dhabi, on November 6, 2012. The exhibition boards illustrate his early education in Quranic and Arabic studies in Cairo, doctorate studies in Germany, and the presentation of his master plans on the palace floors of Abu Dhabi. On the upper left appears a satellite image of the emirate that has been his home since 1968. Photograph by Ziyah Gafic. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/flight-control monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/43ab016d-43d5-490b-b3a6-ed33250c1440/img279_1974-BCB-Exhibition_Crop_Web-scaled-585x350.jpg Posts - Flight Control, Pt. 1 - Make it stand out The Dubai International Airport was the location for the British Building and Construction Equipment Exhibition, 1974. Union Jack flags were hung on the terminal's glass facade. Large-scale equipment was on display and for sale in the parking lot. Courtesy of John R. Harris Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/e7a15ee4-21b6-4149-9b35-3a0760f29243/dxb-airport-sheikh-rashid_Web-582x458.jpg Posts - Flight Control, Pt. 1 - Make it stand out Photograph of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and (left) adviser Mahdi Al Tajir flanked by British architect Keith Page (left) and Julian Bullard, the penultimate British political agent before federation. This might be at a groundbreaking ceremony in 1969. Some of the other men in photograph possibly represent Costain. Courtesy of Catherine, Fiona, and Jackie Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/599e6d67-a65f-4e8d-9b11-d9c32ea4ad88/duff-family-at-airport_duff_Crop-scaled-585x418.jpg Posts - Flight Control, Pt. 1 - Make it stand out The Duff family returns to Dubai. The 1960 airport terminal in background. Photo courtesy of Diana Barnardiston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/adb4c9de-8504-4340-9552-252a76c8fc55/skyline_Web_Cr.jpg Posts - Flight Control, Pt. 1 - Make it stand out The arriving oil platform, still from ADMA for Short. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f298fd5f-69f0-4da6-ab7e-0dddf0d8d67b/Dxb-airport-carousel_Web-scaled-585x319.jpg Posts - Flight Control, Pt. 1 - Make it stand out The manufactured columns continued beyond the terminal as shading and structure of the spiral carousel for transferring luggage between tarmac and lower level service floor, ca. 1971. Courtesy of Catherine, Fiona, and Jackie Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/ff64d5fd-fde4-40ec-bebb-7c8b076f3ee3/Dubai-Airport-Opening_page_Crop_Web-scaled.jpg Posts - Flight Control, Pt. 1 - Make it stand out Dubai International Airport, main concourse, May 1971. The architects Keith Page and Brian Broughton stand right of center in dark suits. Courtesy of Catherine, Fiona, and Jackie Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/ce207906-61a7-49c8-8b01-769a7f5ce6c8/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20141026-93131-pm.jpg Posts - Flight Control, Pt. 1 - Make it stand out Dubai International Airport, 1971, as seen from the tarmac runway. Courtesy of Brian Broughton. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/city-as-exhibition monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/3bafd486-da8f-48aa-9fcd-62723b4c3f0f/WTC-Exhibition-Hall-1980s-Courtesy-John-R-Harris-Library.jpg Posts - City as Exhibition - Make it stand out The expo space at World Trade Centre, Dubai, 1980s. Courtesy John R. Harris Library. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/temporary-degree monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/1bd79ab2-5b70-4a8f-b7ae-e92de35d40e4/P1190693_web.jpg Posts - Temporary by Degree - Make it stand out From cover to report by Peddle Thorp Chapman Taylor, 1976. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/rule-the-road monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/250366c9-c961-4cc1-b746-9ff54f2d1e71/Ordinance_web.jpg Posts - Rule of the Road - Make it stand out Dubai Municipality's posted noticed, dated 15 August 1966, announcing that the "rule of the road" would change to the right late on 1 September. Courtesy of Michael Hamilton-Clark. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/stage-for-palestine monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/12623ae6-4a58-426a-b853-908dd279db8c/1973_-map-Dubai_.jpg Posts - A Stage for Palestine - Make it stand out Photo at the top is from 1968; above is from the mid-1970s. Both images capture the Dubai–Sharjah road (left to right), a vital commercial artery and one of the first hardened roads in the region. Somewhere along its stretches was a "permanent Palestine exhibition." Courtesy of John R. Harris Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/3ccbdfef-3660-45d3-8f9d-cee1a1a46830/1968_Web.jpg Posts - A Stage for Palestine - Make it stand out Aerial photograph, Dubai, 1968. Courtesy John R. Harris Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/6667523c-7704-4e6c-8b95-b532580409ad/FCO-8_1255-1969-_WEB-scaled.jpg Posts - A Stage for Palestine - Make it stand out There is evidence that the exhibition did open. The mentioned "full report" could not be located in other documents prior to posting this dispatch. FCO 8/1255, British National Archives. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/crossing-as-destination monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/3334a0ea-daae-436e-935c-b62a2137f035/Maktoum-elevation_web-scaled.jpg Posts - Crossing as Destination - Make it stand out Part of proposed elevation for Al Maktoum Bridge by Sir William Halcrow & Partners, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/cc489fed-e5bc-48d9-8b25-038bd6ea8c2e/Maktoum-Bridge_Net-scaled-1170x770.jpg Posts - Crossing as Destination - Make it stand out Al Maktoum Bridge, Dubai, as seen from above. Courtesy of Heli Allen and Linda Pearson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/c853998b-c82d-4eff-a84d-ceafd0c68105/Maktoum-Bridge-map_Insta-scaled.jpg Posts - Crossing as Destination - Make it stand out Halcrow Study for Dubai Harbour Crossing, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/d121830f-2207-4135-a7d8-749be77ba882/Maktoum_Persp_Web-scaled.jpg Posts - Crossing as Destination - Make it stand out Perspective drawing of initial proposal for Al Maktoum Bridge, with a swing component to accommodate the passage of ships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f0bed163-82c8-44c9-a151-bf6478536ff2/RamblerLow.gif Posts - Crossing as Destination - Make it stand out In this commercial, a US-made Rambler travels over a desert plain. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/shipwreck-seen monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/80c3b848-9c61-47b4-8bd8-0bad4313f940/img20210405_18033193-copy-535x535.jpg Posts - A Shipwreck Seen - Make it stand out Some of the 167 recorded survivors were quarantined in a walled-in open space. The photograph was published in Sharjah Art Museum's catalogue for the 2014 retrospective exhibition of the photographer's work. Source: Lasting Impressions: Noor Ali Rashid The Royal Photographer, Sharjah Art Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/5f2c045c-0814-4935-bdf3-f6a782342ab7/19680412-DUBAI-boat-tragedy-photos-crop-scaled.jpg Posts - A Shipwreck Seen - Make it stand out Noor Ali Rashid's photographs as presented in the April 12, 1968, issue of Dawn newspaper. He is credited as Noor Ali Ali Mohammed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/0e3fed8c-bef1-45da-9775-42cf09749460/03_05-Creekworks-scaled-e1617706079934.jpeg Posts - A Shipwreck Seen - Make it stand out Detail from proposed improvements to Dubai Creek which would increase the force of currents to discharge excess sand back into Gulf waters. Source: National Archives (UK). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/338bb753-da7a-4d91-937f-442f65a1f228/19680408-200-pakistanis-drown-dubai-copy.jpg Posts - A Shipwreck Seen - Make it stand out Front-page coverage of the shipwreck in Karachi-based newspaper Dawn, first reported on April 8, 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/a1c8bba0-ed62-4811-b65b-75979461976c/img20210405_18285044-LOW_web-scaled-585x390.jpg Posts - A Shipwreck Seen - Make it stand out Photograph by Noor Ali Rashid, taken in the aftermath of the April 1968 shipwreck. As part of his coverage, Rashid recorded that the woman was Mrs. Sahil Maula Baksh of Sindh's Dadu district. She holds Alam Khatoon, whose parents did not survive. Source: Lasting Impressions: Noor Ali Rashid The Royal Photographer, Sharjah Art Museum. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/thrown-to-stand monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/7faf6a0c-f02f-4a55-84c8-3e2a10e0a1e5/Manxstabit-scaled-350x350.jpg Posts - Thrown to Stand - The coat of arms of Isle of Man includes a Latin inscription which translates to "whichever way it's thrown, it stands." It also features a version of the triskelion. Source: Leo Reynolds (Flickr) The coat of arms of Isle of Man includes a Latin inscription which translates to "whichever way it's thrown, it stands." It also features a version of the triskelion. Source: Leo Reynolds (Flickr) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/72b4ed7f-162a-4046-bd9f-02033aae57fb/Stabit-elevation-500x375.jpg Posts - Thrown to Stand - Make it stand out Stabit elevation. Source: see above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/a17c81ef-cd83-4f0f-b7f4-07516b026db4/IMG_5902_bw_web-scaled-350x350.jpg Posts - Thrown to Stand - I encountered this stabit memorial at the foot of Dubai’s Al Maktoum Bridge. It once marked the entrance to Halcrow’s Dubai offices in the 1970s. The headquarters have moved, but the stabit still stands. I encountered this stabit memorial at the foot of Dubai’s Al Maktoum Bridge. It once marked the entrance to Halcrow’s Dubai offices in the 1970s. The headquarters have moved, but the stabit still stands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/3df2ffa3-4c60-42f5-97e8-e3d33baa9464/Man-and-stabit_LO.jpg Posts - Thrown to Stand - The final version of the stabit tested at the port of Benghazi. Source: Singh, K. Y. "'Stabit'–A New Armour Block." In Coastal Engineering 1968, pp. 797-814. 1969. The final version of the stabit tested at the port of Benghazi. Source: Singh, K. Y. "'Stabit'–A New Armour Block." In Coastal Engineering 1968, pp. 797-814. 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/9e47fa02-91b6-45b2-b7fe-5e2f84bc3834/Pages-from-1968-article-on-Stabit-2_Web-scaled-500x271.jpg Posts - Thrown to Stand - Make it stand out Typical breakwater cross section at Benghazi project. Source: see above. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/book-talk monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/how-to-make-a-city monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/ef4801cc-538b-4be1-aaf6-4a35d9427471/img144_Crop.jpg Posts - How to Make a City - Make it stand out Aerial, 1960, Dubai with John Harris's sketching. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/have-fun monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/b4fb02ef-f380-4b2c-af28-2c1fadc67572/The-Taiwan-Strait_BW_Web.jpg Posts - Have Some Fun - Make it stand out The Taiwan Strait, Arnaud de Rosnay's final board. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/6b2ab18c-593a-4a7c-90ab-8c4de68abf74/Rosnay-and-Petropolis_BW_Web-scaled-500x650.jpg Posts - Have Some Fun - Baron Arnold de Rosnay and his game Petropolis. Photograph by Ken Regan. Source: Smithsonian Institution. The final version of the stabit tested at the port of Benghazi. Source: Singh, K. Y. "'Stabit'–A New Armour Block." In Coastal Engineering 1968, pp. 797-814. 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/09ca6bb6-6d90-4495-90af-246ac8ba2975/De-Rosnay-backgammon_BW_Web-1024x1536.jpg Posts - Have Some Fun - Make it stand out Women's Wear Daily, for whom de Rosnay had worked, promoted the women's touring backgammon set with space for "makeup box, passport and money holders, jewelry box and all backgammon essentials." For sale for $450, about $2,250 today, at Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf's. (May 24, 1974). https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/wild-machines monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/2623b908-9eab-48d4-a36c-5030311e43ac/Wild-A5_Public-Domain-800x333.jpg Posts - Wild Machines over Dubai - ROYAL AIR FORCE: CENTRAL INTERPRETATION UNIT / ALLIED CENTRAL INTERPRETATION UNIT, 1941-1945. (CH 16105) Flight Lieutenant H H Williams demonstrates the Wild A5 'Stereo-autograph' plotting machine to press visitors at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. A vital piece of photogrammetric equipment, the Wild A5 produced accurate maps from stereoscopic pairs of photographs, and was in constant use at the CIU and ACIU throughout the war. Copyright: © IWM. The final version of the stabit tested at the port of Benghazi. Source: Singh, K. Y. "'Stabit'–A New Armour Block." In Coastal Engineering 1968, pp. 797-814. 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/a46856c4-64dc-4a0d-b730-558b2fdcdd82/triangulation-map-From-Mapping-Arabia_1975_Leatherdale-and-Kennedy_WEB-scaled-600x600.jpg Posts - Wild Machines over Dubai - Make it stand out Source: Leatherdale, John, and Roy Kennedy. "Mapping Arabia." The Geographical Journal 141, no. 2 (1975): 240–51. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/e7025070-2939-453a-b10c-41c93fd7d3aa/Dubai-The-Pearl-of-the-Coast-13_WEB-scaled-600x400.jpg Posts - Wild Machines over Dubai - Make it stand out Image Promotional pamphlet produced by Dubai Municipality, circa 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/7cb6f736-cfaa-4cd3-ba0d-eaa60530c5f3/Nakheel-Map_Web-scaled-600x400.jpg Posts - Wild Machines over Dubai - Make it stand out Image Nakheel's proposed photomosaics, circa 2010. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/harris-comes monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/fc6af0f7-31bf-4ddc-af22-7b44c38dba28/Reisz_FIG4.webp Posts - John Harris Comes to Dubai - Make it stand out Travelers steered by abra boatmen across Dubai Creek, May 1960. Photograph taken by John R. Harris during his second visit to Dubai. Courtesy John R. Harris Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/8670c179-fd26-4cf4-b5a4-bb044753e0b3/Reisz_FIG3.webp Posts - John Harris Comes to Dubai - Make it stand out The Dubai 1960 town plan, drawn by John Harris after his November 1959 visit to the city. Courtesy John R. Harris Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/02fac04f-3f51-43d7-a3e1-b3e67028da22/Reisz_FIG1.webp Posts - John Harris Comes to Dubai - Make it stand out Houses and wind towers along Dubai Creek, as seen by John Harris during first trip to Dubai in November 1959. Courtesy John R. Harris Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/758110e5-60d9-4fa7-a0a5-c97a1917357d/Reisz_FIG2.webp Posts - John Harris Comes to Dubai - Make it stand out On May 19, 1960, John Harris presents Dubai’s first town plan to Sheikh Rashid, ruler of Dubai. Dubai’s first accurate map is also a blueprint of its future. Courtesy John R. Harris Library. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/gathering-roundabout monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/d1d5e632-5f09-4c69-9803-05a30bef834d/double-circles_industrial-zone_Web-scaled-500x500.jpg Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out The 1960 town plan’s “industrial zone,” which would be perfectly sited to serve as the staging and housing area during Port Rashid’s construction. The area left of the zone’s proposed entrance road would also be enlisted as staging area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/34908886-d57e-42f1-8016-20cf5458e3c5/map-with-marks_nos_web-scaled.jpg Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out From John Harris’s 1960 town plan for Dubai. Circles around: 1—The roundabout under discussion; 2—Wharfage along Dubai Creek being transformed with hardened edges in the early 1960s by British engineering firm Halcrow; 3—The plan’s proposed industrial zone which would later function as the extended staging area for Port Rashid; 4—One of the new districts Harris proposed in the plan, following the British town planning concept of the neighborhood unit. Courtesy John R. Harris Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/3334a0ea-daae-436e-935c-b62a2137f035/Maktoum-elevation_web-scaled.jpg Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out Part of proposed elevation for Al Maktoum Bridge by Sir William Halcrow & Partners, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/75eb0065-0aee-4a31-9801-a47f78222d23/P1190744_Crop-500x350.jpg Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out A preliminary plan for Port Rashid, dated 1967. The roundabout under discussion, lower right, leads to the undulating coast that would be extended for the project. A second, more crucial roundabout would be installed further left (south) to serve arriving quarry deliveries from inland. This drawing will be discussed in more detail in a later dispatch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/a96fa96b-ac83-44d5-89e8-9cc6f29e2546/Circle-Creek-Web-500x500.png Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out Halcrow’s earliest work in Dubai focused at the existing inland harbor on Dubai Creek. The dashed lines identified future areas of reclaimed land Halcrow planned to add to Dubai’s shoreline. Harris’s lines were realized nearly exactly, even before these lines were approved by Dubai Municipality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/d121830f-2207-4135-a7d8-749be77ba882/Maktoum_Persp_Web-scaled.jpg Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out Perspective drawing of initial proposal for Al Maktoum Bridge, with a swing component to accommodate the passage of ships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f0bed163-82c8-44c9-a151-bf6478536ff2/RamblerLow.gif Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out In this commercial, a US-made Rambler travels over a desert plain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/c853998b-c82d-4eff-a84d-ceafd0c68105/Maktoum-Bridge-map_Insta-scaled.jpg Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out Halcrow Study for Dubai Harbour Crossing, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/8de1b111-be6f-4127-b102-cc2bc853fa80/Roundabout-circle-500x500.png Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out The roundabout under discussion. The road lower left was to follow an existing sabkha trail to Abu Dhabi. The road lower right was a wide proposed road which could not sufficiently serve the existing harbor area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/e71a570d-02d5-47f7-8bb7-ca7f3c9e6024/map-with-marks_bridge_Web2-500x500.png Posts - Gathering at a Roundabout - Make it stand out The town plan’s placement of the future Al Maktoum Bridge, not yet announced at the time, matched nearly exactly where it would be sited. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/showpiece-city monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/2edefe5f-13d2-4548-9977-8b91dd6db32f/GF_2Line_Logo_Black_180x180.jpg Posts - Showpiece City - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/2b5f19af-ecf1-4c6e-85dc-516229a94246/Reisz_mockup-1_Web-scaled-400x600.jpg Posts - Showpiece City - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/31906ffd-687b-4390-9bf8-3d589ed4a388/SCI_Woordbeeld_NL_4_regels_RGB.jpg Posts - Showpiece City - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/circumscribed-world monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/a40c9955-1eba-459e-b807-1e3f0245cd7c/Riebeeck-in-Kuwait_19603-scaled.jpg Posts - A Circumscribed World - Make it stand out The Van Riebeeck and the floating trade fair moored in Kuwait, 1960. Source: Maritiem Digitaal/Het Scheepvaartsmuseum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/f5a51f25-75e1-4cf1-a20d-c788c3357ff0/Van-Riebeeck_zigzags-scaled.jpg Posts - A Circumscribed World - Make it stand out The Van Riebeeck made quarterly tours from South Africa to ports in the Arabian Peninsula. In October 1960, it arrived on Dubai Creek as a "floating trade fair," full of South African products. Source: The South African Exporter, August, 1960. Courtesy Ronald de Mes. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/migrations-west monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/d3b3c443-2885-4a7f-b4b0-fe7425987c07/SR-in-NYC_Web-550x415.jpg Posts - A Season of Migrations, West - Dubai's ruler Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (third from right) with sons and advisers at the viewing platform of the Empire State Building, 1963. The Pan-Am Building designed by Martin Gropius and others, background left. Source, Twitter feed, @HHShkMohd, April 11, 2016. The final version of the stabit tested at the port of Benghazi. Source: Singh, K. Y. "'Stabit'–A New Armour Block." In Coastal Engineering 1968, pp. 797-814. 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/2422b20e-6aba-43f5-abbc-587b4ad34027/Khartoum-Aerial_El-Sayed-El-Bushra-1-scaled-680x510.jpg Posts - A Season of Migrations, West - Make it stand out Aerial view, Khartoum, mid-1960s. Source: The Factors Affecting Settlement Distribution in the Sudan, El-Sayed El-Bushra, 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/9e14e8f0-95ce-4b7a-b961-2de698fa2a47/20200411-HHShkMohd_1-scaled-300x312.png Posts - A Season of Migrations, West - Make it stand out From Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Twitter feed, April 11, 2016. https://www.toddreisz.com/posts/telephones-dynamite monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cff57baed1182fade96797/e45b4043-8942-483b-9d30-f2ee73c021a7/Telephone-Co_Hawley_Emirates1_LO-scaled.jpg Posts - Telephones & Dynamite - Make it stand out Outside new premises of Dubai Telephone Company, July 28, 1960. 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