Image by Flickr user twocentsworth under Creative Commons licenseOn the Geography Teaching Today website is a range of resources on IMPOSSIBLE PLACES.
One of the sections refers refers to DUBAI as "the impossible city"....
There is an excellent resource produced by Noel Jenkins as part of this package, which I have used on many occasions while teaching and since.
I am currently reading the second collection of Will Self's "Psychogeography" articles. The book starts with a walk across Dubai from the airport.
Now it seems that the financial difficulties that are threatening Dubai may affect financial markets in the UK.
Progress on some of the high profile building projects has stalled, including the offshore archipelago of artificial islands called "The World".
A final addition here, which I am going to use in a literacy session next week, was a fantastic piece by Charlie Brooker in 'The Guardian' on Monday of this week.
Would be really interested in comments from people who've been to Dubai giving their personal impressions of the place...
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