Just a short hop from Dubai and Abu Dhabi are five desert oases that offer Arabic adventure combined with A-list glamour.
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With three bars serving luxury cocktails, an outdoor terrace, a live DJ and a gold-plated ping pong table, SPiN Dubai could be the swankiest games club in the world.
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The Archive community centre, built in a former bathroom building, is luring the city’s hipsters with art and design books, weekend brunches and calligraphy workshops.
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Camels have been fabled ships of the desert for centuries, but the litter left by Abu Dhabi day trippers can lead to a slow and painful death when the animals mistake it for food.
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Following the success of Beirut’s infamous MusicHall and London’s raunchy The Box, Dubai’s new wave of club owners are quickly cashing in on decadent late night fun.
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A purse of $10 million awaits the winner of the Dubai World Cup, an annual highlight of the city’s spring social season where it is as much about the hats as it is the horses.
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