Dubai: What makes a man walk away from a high-flying diplomatic career armed with international degrees in political science and public affairs, rubbing shoulders with global leaders only to return ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seventy years ago, Saad Ismail Al Jassim used to free dive 40 feet (13 meters) deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, holding his breath to comb the seabed for oysters in the ...

Dubai: The waters of the Gulf have always been the source of the region's wealth. Just as today oil is pumped from below the waves, long ago it was oysters that sustained the local population. Daring ...

The pearl divers are back in business at SeaWorld Orlando, where theme-park visitors are picking out underwater souvenirs again. In some ways, it’s so very Orlando to turn shopping into a little show ...

Dubai The UAE is rich with traditional jobs that older generations used to count on for their main source of living, such as drum making, pearl diving, building and manufacturing, such as woven mats.

An island kingdom just off the Arabian Peninsula, known as the first emirate nation to discover oil in 1932, wants to re-establish itself as the global center for sustainable pearls. Natural pearls ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pearl diving music is in Juma Al Jneibi’s blood. Men in his family have sung and clapped in the quintessential polyrhythms of fijiri—or Arab sea ...

DOHA, Qatar — Seventy years ago, Saad Ismail Jassim used to free-dive 40 feet deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, holding his breath to comb the seabed for oysters in the hope of finding a ...