Under the stars, he was getting ready to watch a football match on television. Skandarani is in the habit of spending weekends camping in the desert, but since he found this spot a month ago he's been ...

The name in their native tongue of Arabic literally means “desert dwellers,” and for centuries they have carved a life in this harsh landscape. I walk around in these lands, these open lands.

On a patch of city land beside the sea, urban Emiratis sit beneath the shimmering skyscrapers of wealthy Dubai, revamping a camping tradition rooted in the desert. Dozens of camper trailers are ...

Skandarani is in the habit of spending weekends camping in the desert, but since he found this spot a month ago he's been coming every evening. Here, he meets his friends after work in Dubai's ...