Table of Contents

• A Bridge of Creativity? A historical introduction to the rise of Dubai Dubai Architecture and the Dynamics of Conservation and Urban Renewal
  
• Dubai Museum after Refurbishment
  
• Orientalist Paintings and Maps in the Context of the Gulf Evolution and Development of Contemporary Art in Dubai and neighboring emirates, two articles by Tina Ahmed and Frieda Howling
  
• The Galleries and the Souqs
  
• Sheikha Hessah al Maktoum, the eldest daughter of the Dubai Ruler, in an interview with Sajid Rizvi spells out her vision for artistic development in Dubai Explorer and
  
• Wilfred Thesiger, the late explorer and photographer, in an interview with Sajid Rizvi, talks about old Dubai and the Gulf—an era long gone with the first gush of oil but still retained in his memory as an important part of human experience
  
• Other features in the monograph include:
  
• Europe in India—Paintings, Drawings and Ivories from the British Museum, by Sheila R Canby
  
• Qurans and Islamic Calligraphies in the Khalili Collection of Ottoman Art, by Sajid Rizvi
  
• East in West—Ideas, Issues & Imagery in Works of Chinese Artists in Europe, by Sajid Rizvi
  
• Contemporary Chinese Art and the London Gallery Scene
  
• Book reviews and an index to other back issues of Eastern Art Report