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Provides a social and cultural insight into life in contemporary Dubai. This novel is set against the backdrop of a crime mystery and a young man's search for love and happiness. It captures the spirit and flavour of expatriate life in the Arabian Gulf. It also challenges misconceptions about different cultures and life in a multicultural society.
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Stephen Wilkins was born in London in 1965. Between 1998 and 2001 he worked in Dubai as a University Lecturer. He has had several articles on education, training and human resource development in Dubai published in international journals. Stephen now lives in East Anglia, where he works as a teacher. Dubai Creek is his first novel.
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"In writing his novel, stephen wanted to capture the spirit and flavour of expat life in the Arabian gulf -- also touching on issues such as the status of women, the relationship between locals and westerners, religion, prostitution and crime"East Anglian Daily Times"Nick's stilted acclimatisation to life in Dubai will ring with a certain truth to any reader who has found themselves piecing together a new life in the UAE."Time Out Abu Dhabi"For one college lecturer from Colchester, a trip to Dubai inspired his first novel... business studies maestro, Stephen Wilkins, even managed to get Dubai Creek sold in the country [Dubai] which is notorious for its strict publishing guidelines"Colchester Evening Gazette
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- PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1905237472
- ISBN 13 9781905237470
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages264
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