LONGEST DAY IN MUSAFFAH - 1

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Abu Dhabi, UAE - 2016

Musaffah is Abu Dhabi's industrial area, but it is also the place where you can find anything. Think of something right now, yes, you can find it in Musaffah. You definitely need to know the right people, but we were lucky that our driver knew a bunch of obscure places. 

LEBANESE FLOWER BAKERY

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Abu Dhabi, UAE - 2016
Taking pictures of places that sell food is proving to be quite difficult. People are not used to other taking pictures of insignificant things, making them think I work for the food control authority. By 10:30 am, I had already told 4 people that I was no one so they can relax. One man asked me, "Do you need anything sister? Can I help you? " "No thanks, I'm taking pictures of this tree that serves as a natural hanger for prayer carpets" "Oh..." 

Anyway, this bakery is in front of my first school (KG - 7th grade). When we were done with parents' teacher meetings, we'd either go get manakish from here, or a happy meal  from Mcdonald's. 

REALEST

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Abu Dhabi, UAE - 2016

The past couple of weeks, I've been running errands almost everyday. I made sure I took my camera with me. Some areas I've never been to, and it felt a bit odd (the good kind of odd, the wow you're still surprising me, kind of odd).