10 MayBig thinker sees Gulf in modern terms – FT 
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10 May 2010 Feature on Al Manakh: Gulf Continued, a 536-page guide to the Gulf published by AMO, Pink Tank, Archis and the Netherlands Architecture Institute in April 2010. |
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When it was first published at the height of the boom in 2007, Al-Manakh arrived with little fanfare. But the title – an innovative mix of history, photography, statistics and design – quickly became invaluable to historians and other observers of the Arab Gulf. Now the compendium is back in a second edition that, over 500 pages, seeks to chronicle the Gulf states’ urban experience amid the global financial crisis. Using essays, graphics, pictures and historical documents, the first edition narrated the Gulf’s development from a series of fishing villages to urban centres at a time when they were relatively unknown on the global stage. Full article |
