Abrahamic Family House
A mosque, a church and a synagogue as three identical 30-metre cubes — equality argued in Omani limestone.
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Central Bus Station
Mint-green concrete wings folded over a 1989 terminal — Gulf modernism still doing its day job.
Al Ain Oasis & the Falaj Channels
147,000 date palms watered by channels dug three thousand years ago — and still running.
Al Maqta Bridge
A pale blue steel truss from 1968 — the first permanent way onto the island, and still carrying traffic.
Al Maqta Watchtower
A coral-stone tower on an islet in the channel — one of Abu Dhabi's oldest buildings, and you cannot reach it.
The Liwa Desert
The northern edge of the Rub' al Khali — the largest continuous sand sea on Earth.
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