Topic > What is Dubai like between past and present - 704

Dhia AL WailiProfessor HyamanEnglish 101 2.00pm November 15, 2014 Dubai between past and presentSimplicity and practicality have given way to fun, construction methods have changed, Historic forts have been restored as museums, mud brick homes given a touch of the future and transformed into record-breaking skyscrapers. These and others constantly remind us that they stand alongside modern wonders. Dubai has timely transformed from a dessert to a living oasis full of things of the future that can be touched and seen now. “The Pearl of Golf” as it is called, joined the other six states to give way in 1971 to the newly formed United Arab Emirates.