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020 _a9789948680710
245 0 _aHouse to House/ Shama Faisal K. AlBastaki =
_bبيت لبيت/ شمه البستكي
260 _bEmirates Literature Foundation, Elf Publishing;
_c2025
300 _a250p;
_c22x17cm
520 _aThrough memories spanning the 1940s to the 1980s, the poems in House to House: ﺑﯾتﻟﺑﯾت capture infra-ordinary details of daily life around the Dubai Creek, where spectacle is noticed in the ordinary and humor is found in unconventional spaces. Here, a people made community, took care of each other’s babies and businesses and witnessed the city’s incremental metamorphoses. Through collected and refracted oral narratives, revealed is the light, wit, wisdom, and adventure of an extraordinary generation.Through memories spanning the 1940s to the 1980s, the poems in House to House: ﺑﯾتﻟﺑﯾت capture infra-ordinary details of daily life around the Dubai Creek, where spectacle is noticed in the ordinary and humor is found in unconventional spaces. Here, a people made community, took care of each other’s babies and businesses and witnessed the city’s incremental metamorphoses. Through collected and refracted oral narratives, revealed is the light, wit, wisdom, and adventure of an extraordinary generation.
546 _aEnglish
648 _a1950-1980
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650 _aCommunity
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650 _aNeighbourhood
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650 _aPN1010-1525 Poetry
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651 _aUAE
_zDubai
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942 _cBK
999 _c6544
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