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the purple journal skip to content search search for the purple journal menu home about books contemporary dark academia epic fantasy historical non fiction thriller hajj umrah travel abu dhabi agra al ain al wajajah chennai coimbatore conoor dubai fujairah hatta hyderabad karachi ketti khandala lonavla madinah makkah mudumalai mumbai muscat new delhi ooty ras al khaimah sharjah open search update your readers and email subscriptions well there s no need an update thirteen years later i moved to india got busy and eventually stopped blogging on my website without a reason to continue paying for the domain renewal and hosting i decided to pull the plug what i expected to be an emotional affair was actually more like a casual stroll in the park i continue reading february 15 2011 11 let s shoot the amateur photographers it s a beautiful day to explore a deserted town rumored to be abandoned years ago because it was haunted a town that is also rumored to be off limits because it is private property but there is no sign anywhere to justify this so people still trespass enter and it is also a town that is continue reading february 9 2011 39 jazirat al hamra ghost town or a crumbling piece of history one look at the seclusion and crumbling walls across the main road tells us that we have arrived at the right place it s a couple of hours before dusk we have some time to explore the area before it eventually gets dark we park our cars right in front of a fort that watches over continue reading february 7 2011 67 abandoned i m here and i ll tell you all about this place and why i m here soon february 5 2011 25 an early morning at the muttrah corniche after crossing the uae oman border the long and seemingly never ending drive and spending some time admiring the white houses we finally drove straight into the muttrah one of the largest seaports and commercial area of oman we arrived around 6pm tired and hungry so we woke up early the next morning a difficult task to explore the place continue reading february 2 2011 32 the white houses down the road one of the first few things that we immediately noticed upon entering muscat oman s capital city is the abundance of white houses the following shot was taken by my sister sophia the proud owner of the nikon d3000 that we used throughout this trip we sanaf my other sister who is also my photography buddy and continue reading january 29 2011 27 highway to muscat and the crazy stuff that happens there after driving for what seemed like years we finally saw signs of muscat it rained on and off since we crossed the uae oman border at hatta and this slowed down our speed considerably that and the fact that we stopped for tea prayers money exchange and photography we couldn t help it the mountains were spectacular continue reading january 26 2011 22 crossing the uae oman border how are you doing i asked my sister on the phone last thursday yeah i m good came the reply how about we drive all the way to oman this weekend and just like that the very next day we my two younger sisters a friend and her mom masood and i left sharjah for muscat on a continue reading january 24 2011 24 i wouldn t shoot if i knew how to draw perhaps not as much as i do now anyway had i been gifted with the talent to sketch with finesse i would spend my free time re creating the still life that surrounded me like this one for example however the genetic material responsible for making a person sketch so effortlessly has been passed over continue reading january 20 2011 111 dubai creek where past meets present in the early 20th century dubai was a small coastal village inhabited by a tribe who came from the neighboring emirate abu dhabi led by the al maktoum family unlike its neighboring emirate dubai lacked the fertile oasis so its inhabitants settled along the banks of the creek and involved themselves with fishing herding sheep and goats continue reading january 17 2011 21 flamingos in the desert dubai is known for several things both good and bad and one of them is the tallest structure in the world the burj khalifa and not so far away from this engineering marvel lies a 620 hectare area comprising of sabkha saline flats intertidal mudflats and mangroves small lagoons and pools and a few tiny islands continue reading january 11 2011 30 the 99 attributes of allah in traditional kufi calligraphy one of the several things that prominently stood out in the sheikh zayed grand mosque in abu dhabi was this wall that one comes face to face with directly the moment one steps into the main prayer hall we visited the mosque at night so i m not sure how this looks during the day but continue reading january 4 2011 12 visiting abu dhabi don t miss the world s 8th largest mosque i do not have the words to describe how beautiful and grand the sheikh zayed mosque is it is in my opinion the most imposing religious and national landmark in abu dhabi since it was built in 2007 according to one of abu dhabi s websites that features the mosque the initial architectural design for the continue reading january 2 2011 30 everyday stuff from ancient arabia four years in the united arab emirates and i haven t been in a museum i always assume that museums prohibit photography and when a certain place puts that restriction i lose interest but that s my assumption maybe photography is allowed in museums here after all surprisingly my first encounter with the local ancient stuff happened continue reading december 27 2010 30 tea from syria friends from canada i love tea i have been thoroughly complacent and happy in my own world with what i was having regular black tea with milk or the green tea that comes in teabags until i saw this exotic looking tea from turkey i couldn t think of anything else since i knew i had to fly off to a continue reading december 20 2010 40 sinbad in sharjah sinbad and his crew of colorful circus type costume wearing pirates docked their red ship in sharjah not so long ago they sailed in search for the golden pineapple that s silly of course why anyone should sail all the way to arabia in pursuit of a tropical fruit is beyond me here s their basic set up photography wise i wasn t happy we spent continue reading december 16 2010 11 a piece of cake free for everyone who came at al majaz park in sharjah masood and i took a piece each it was more than enough but there were some who took several plates full of the cake to feed their children others brought empty cardboard boxes with them to be filled with the cake it was continue reading december 12 2010 22 the rub al khali experience the sun is setting over the arabian desert in a blaze of orange and gold as i take my first step into the sand my bare feet sink comfortably into the cool soft powdery sand i inhale and try to breathe in the history surrounding this place the time before land rovers and pajeros when continue reading december 9 2010 15 how to decorate your car for national day or maybe not next day the police were busy stopping them asking them to remove the stickers pictures courtesy of my beautiful sister sanaf oh and the first prize winner for the best car decoration competition december 7 2010 7 don t touch that food unless it s shot and that s the law where i live specially if someone puts great efforts in its presentation more so if the lighting is good and a little privacy helps a great deal too below is a picture of a wooden box with leather casing that contained complimentary coffee tea sugar and creamer there s continue reading december 4 2010 26 posts navigation older posts create a free website or blog at wordpress com up subscribe subscribed the purple journal join 140 other subscribers sign me up have a wordpress com account log in now privacy the purple journal view site in reader manage subscriptions sign up log in report this content collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website create your own website free on 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