INSIDE THE UAE, OMAN AND QATAR - October 17 to 28, 2019 a program of the stanford alumni association
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S T A N F O R D T R A V E L / S T U D Y
IN S IDE T H E UA E , O M A N A ND Q ATA R
O c to b er 17 to 28, 2019
a p ro g ra m of th e st a nfo rd
a lu m ni asso ciati o n
The Arabian Peninsula has been steeped in mystique for centuries. Closed to Westerners for many years, the city-states of the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman and the State of Qatar offer a striking mosaic of contrasts. Gleaming modern cities and ancient villages, windswept sand dunes and soaring mountains, all bordered by blue skies and shimmering waters, these off-the-beaten-path lands continue to tantalize adventurers. Nowhere else do elegant veiled women in crystal-sleeved, designer abayas and men in perfectly pressed dishdashas rub shoulders with camel herders, horse trainers and expats from around the globe. These exotic destinations that run the gamut from traditional livestock markets to futuristic skyscrapers await your discovery. Come be mesmerized with us! B R E T T S. T H O M P S O N , ’ 8 3, D I R E CTO R , S TA N F O R D T R AV E L / S T U DY DUBAI, UAE Highlights E N J O Y a spectacular E X P E R I E N C E the A T T E N D a briefing at view of Dubai’s eye-pop- weekly cattle and goat Al Jazeera headquarters ping building projects from market in Nizwa, Oman, and visit the I.M. Pei- the observation deck of where traders haggle over designed Museum of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest livestock, as they’ve done Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. building in the world. since biblical times. COVER: GRAND MOSQUE, MUSCAT, OMAN NIZWA FORT, OMAN
Faculty Leader
Born in Iran to a Muslim family, A B B A S M I L A N I was trained
by French nuns and Jesuit priests before leaving Iran as a teen for
the U.S. After earning his PhD in political science at the University
of Hawaii, he returned to Iran to teach first at the National
University and then at Tehran University. Since 1986 he has lived
in the Bay Area. At Stanford, Dr. Milani is a research fellow and
co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution,
the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies
and a professor (by courtesy) in the division of Global Studies.
“Abbas was the Throughout his adult life, his focus of study has been the cultures,
politics and societies of Central Asia and the Middle East through
highlight of the the prism of scholarship. He is the author of numerous articles
and books, including The Shah (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
trip. He was — Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian
by far the most Studies, Stanford University, since 2005
topical and
— Research fellow and co-director, Iran Democracy
Project, Hoover Institution, since 2003
interesting
— Richard W. Lyman Award, Stanford University, 2017
— Chair and professor, department of history and political
faculty leader science, Notre Dame de Namur University, 1987–2003
— Research fellow, Institute of International Studies,
we have had.” UC-Berkeley, 1998 –2003
— Assistant professor, law and political science faculty,
Tehran University, 1977–1987
S TA N F O R D T R A V E L E R ,
C E NTR A L A S I A’ S
— BA, political science and economics, 1970, UC-Berkeley
G O LD E N R OA D, 2 018 — PhD, political science, 1974, University of Hawaii
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IRAN
BAHRAIN
Persian
Q ATAR Gulf Sharjah
Doha Dubai
Gulf o
Mahdah
Abu Dhabi Sohar Oman
Al-Ain
U NITED A RAB O M A N Nakhl
M
E MIRATES Al Hamra
SAUDI
Bahla Nizwa
ARABIA
Itinerary attractions, hotels and shop-
ping. At the opulent Emirates
Palace Hotel, view an exhibition
T U ES DAY, O CTO B E R 2 2
MAHDAH / SOHAR /
NAKHL / MUSCAT
depicting the city’s plans for This morning stop at Sohar,
T H U R S DAY & F R I DAY, Saadiyat, its flagship project reputed to be the home of
O CTO B E R 17 & 18 whose goal is to develop an Sinbad the Sailor and described
DEPART U.S. / DUBAI, by 10th-century traveler, Ibn
island sanctuary off the coast
UNITED ARAB Hawqal, as “the wealthiest
of Abu Dhabi that will include
EMIRATES (UAE)
branches of the Louvre and town in Oman.” Although little
Depart the U.S. on overnight remains of its storied past, So-
Guggenheim Museums. After
flights to Dubai. Upon arrival har’s great fort still looms large
stopping at the Sheikh Zayed
on Friday, transfer to our hotel, above the town. Drive past vol-
Grand Mosque, end the day
centrally located along pictur- canic hills to the village of Nakhl,
at the Dubai Mall, location of
esque Dubai Creek in the lively where the first Arabs settled
the world’s tallest building, Burj
neighborhood of Deira. RADISSON and later built many of the
BLU HOTEL, DUBAI DEIRA CREEK Khalifa. RADISSON BLU HOTEL, DUBAI
DEIRA CREEK (B,L) country’s most impressive for-
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tresses. Arrive in Oman’s capital
DUBAI M O N DAY, O CTO B E R 21 city, Muscat, this evening and
DUBAI / SHARJAH / transfer to our hotel. SHANGRI-LA
Board an abra (water taxi)
AL-AIN / MAHDAH, HOTEL MUSCAT AL WAHA (B,L,D)
and cross Dubai Creek to the OMAN
Bastakia area to visit the Al Drive to the Emirate of Sharjah W E D N ES DAY, O CTO B E R 23
Fahidi Mosque where we will be to explore the residential area MUSCAT
accompanied by staff from the of the traders from those days, For centuries Oman dominated
Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Their former homes have been the maritime trade in the Indian
Cultural Understanding. Enjoy converted into small museums, Ocean and ruled an empire that
a private lunch there while staff each depicting a particular extended from India to Zanzi-
offer us an excellent introduc- aspect of Arab and Islamic bar. Observe how Muscat has
tion to Islam. This evening heritage. Continue to the oasis retained much of its traditional
gather for a welcome reception city of Al-Ain and visit the Hili architecture and beauty while
at our hotel. RADISSON BLU HOTEL, Archaeological Park to view it makes great strides toward
DUBAI DEIRA CREEK (B,L,D)
the remains of an advanced modernization. Explore the
S U N DAY, O CTO B E R 20 Bronze Age civilization. Drive Mutrah Harbour and the newly
DUBAI / ABU DHABI to the Sa’ara border point in Al opened National Museum be-
Travel to Abu Dhabi, and drive Buraiami and continue by bus fore attending a briefing at the
around Yas Island, a man-made to our hotel in Hatta, in the high U.S. Embassy. Visit the Royal
9.65-square-mile island, that’s mountains of Wilayath Mahdah. Opera House Muscat, designed
home to many entertainment WADI SHARM HOTEL (B,L,D) by the same architects who
of
n
Muscat
MUSCAT, OMAN
designed the Grand Mosque. around, steering or carrying international sports industry.
SHANGRI-LA HOTEL MUSCAT AL WAHA their offerings. Wander among Wrap up the day wandering
(B,L) men wearing the traditional the alleys of Souq Waqif, a
dishdasha (robe) and kumma reconstructed market built in
T H U R S DAY, O CTO B E R 24 (embroidered cap) or mussar the traditional style. Visit a local
MUSCAT / AL HAMRA /
(turban) and Bedouin women. shop to observe leather-hood-
BAHLA / NIZWA
Stroll through the souq (market) ed falcons and to learn more
Depart this morning to explore
and visit Nizwa Fort, which about the popular local sport
the landscapes in the region
served as a combination of falconry. W HOTEL (B,L,D)
of Ad Dakhiliyah, and where
palace, seat of government
we visit the Grand Mosque.
and prison for 300 years. Drive S U N DAY, O CTO B E R 27
Continue on to the 17th-century DOHA
to the lovely village of Birkat
Jabrin Fort. Originally built as a This morning stop at the Qatar
Al Mawz, which provides an
palace, the building was later Foundation, which is working
excellent example of the falaj
fortified but still retains “royal” to reform Qatar’s education
(traditional irrigation) system
embellishments, such as beau- system, from kindergarten to
that brings water from nearby to
tiful hand-painted ceilings. Walk graduate school. Continue to
irrigate dense groves of palms
through the narrow streets of the recently opened Msheireb
and banana plantations. This
Al Hamra, a mud-brick village Museums, which consist of four
afternoon take a flight to Doha
whose well-preserved, Yemeni- heritage houses that explore
and continue to our hotel for an
style houses are some of the global slave trade, the petro-
evening at leisure. W HOTEL (B,L)
oldest in Oman. Travel to the leum industry and everyday life
World Heritage site of Bahla. in Qatar. Gather for lunch at the
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Explore Al Hoota Cave, richly DOHA Katara Cultural Village and learn
embellished with stalactites Visit the impressive, I.M. Pei- about its project created by
and stalagmites and home to designed Museum of Islamic HH Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad
a fragile, underground ecosys- Art, considered one of the Al Thani, emir of the State of
tem. Check in to our hotel in the world’s greatest collections of Qatar, with the idea of embrac-
oasis town of Nizwa, once the Islamic art, textiles and rugs, ing a united humanity. Gather
medieval capital of Oman. then attend a briefing at Al for a farewell reception and
GOLDEN TULIP HOTEL (B,L,D)
Jazeera headquarters (sched- Bedouin-style dinner tonight.
ule permitting) with the head of W HOTEL (B,L,D)
F R I DAY, O CTO B E R 25
NIZWA / DOHA, QATAR news for the multimedia giant.
Continue to the Aspire Zone, M O N DAY, O CTO B E R 28
Today attend Nizwa’s weekly DOHA / U.S.
cattle and goat market during a unique sports medicine
research and education Depart Doha on early-morning
which buyers sit in a circle as flights back to the U.S. (B)
sellers, young and old, parade destination intended for the
MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART, DOHA, QATAR
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