My comments so far have been about Abu-Dhabi as a city. But the greatest proportion of its territory is desert. I have a fondness for remote places: the desert – even just an hour out of town – is beautiful.
Some of my research focusses on the multiple locations from which work activities are conducted. This (the shadow hunched over the small speck of light) is a fellow researcher, sitting on top of a sand-dune at around 7pm Abu-Dhabi time, on a conference call with colleagues in Monterrey (Mexico), Seattle and Boston.
Richard Shearmur 