
Fashioning the United Arab Emirates with Dr. Reem El Mutwalli, Part I
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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The Post Oil Period - What Is It Like?
Your book focuses on the years 19 66, two thousand four and is this a period that you describe as the post oil period. But before we focus on the changes that came post oil, i would love if you could help us to understand what the region was like before. What was it like, socially, culturally, politically? And what might we have expected to see, specifically in the ways of women's dress and sartorial practices? Because, as you mention, the u a s very young, and therefore these dress practices are going to extend back thousands and thousands of years.
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