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Photographer Alex Atack. Adib Chowdhury
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Children play football in Satwa in 2015. Alex Atack
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A photo of a beach in Dubai from Alex Atack's family photo album. Alex Atack
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Safa Park, Dubai, in 2015. Alex Atack
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Alex Atack’s mother, Dawn, on a British Airways flight. Alex Atack
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Alex Atack and his mother, Dawn, in Safa Park around 1994. Courtesy Alex Atack
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Sheikh Zayed Road, 1985. Alex Atack
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A beach in Dubai. Courtesy Alex Atack
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Photographer Alex Atack. Adib Chowdhury
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Children play football in Satwa in 2015. Alex Atack
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A photo of a beach in Dubai from Alex Atack's family photo album. Alex Atack
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Safa Park, Dubai, in 2015. Alex Atack
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Alex Atack’s mother, Dawn, on a British Airways flight. Alex Atack
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Alex Atack and his mother, Dawn, in Safa Park around 1994. Courtesy Alex Atack
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Sheikh Zayed Road, 1985. Alex Atack
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A beach in Dubai. Courtesy Alex Atack
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Photographer Alex Atack. Adib Chowdhury
New photography project portrays decades of regular family life in UAE
Alex Atack dissects the idea of what life in the Emirates means to his family
Anna Zacharias
01 December, 2020
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