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WALKING AROUND BUR DUBAI & DEIRA

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Dubai, UAE - 2016

On this trip, I got to hangout Reem Falaknaz, Layan Attari, and Layla (Reem's cousin). Reem parked her car in Bastakiya and we started walking. I thought the heat and humidity would ruin this for me, but it was one of my top 5 outings this year. Towards the end of the day, we had good food and played a game where we said words that had the letter ق in them. I don't remember how this started, but we kept playing in the cab and the driver joined us. 

Thank you for the nice tour, food, vibes and laughs, ladies. 

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NEW CAM DATE - PANORAMA

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Abu Dhabi, UAE - 2016

I still haven't found a proper way to document the films I'm using, and I'm so angry I don't know what film roll this is. I bought this camera online ages ago, and completely forgot about it. I only received it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was best to take it out on a date. 

I was expecting something completely different, but I like how these turned out.   

BAHIYA'S ROUNDABOUT LIL MOSQUES

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Abu Dhabi, UAE - 2016

Bahiya is the area I live in and there's a lil mosque next to every roundabouts. All of these were taken in the car, to test out the zooming in a new point & shoot (but also because it's too hot to get out of the car)

DIANA MINI - FIRST ROLL

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I recently bought a Diana mini on impulse, and I was very hesitant to use it because manual cameras were never a good experience.

I'm very happy with how these turned out. I might have half-assed it because I didn't want to feel sad about good pictures not turning out well. It also gave me a chance to go crazy with the options and note how they effect the photographs. What I mostly love about the Diana is it's low-fi-dreamy square photos. They have a nice journaling feel to them. 

FIRST ATTEMPT AT PORTRAITS

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Abdul Rahman, 2016
I've always wanted to take pictures of humans, but never had the courage to ask a beautiful stranger if I could take their picture. I realized that I had to start somewhere, so I asked my lil brother for help.

The last one is my favorite because it sums him up quite nicely.

PANCAKE DAY AND FAV SHADE OF BLUE

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Dubai, UAE - 2016

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting up with the lovely Basma and we hung out all day (granted that most of the time was all of us being lost in Dubai). Amna and I got ingredients to make pancakes at Dina's house. Overall, a very nice chill day that I wish lasted longer.

Very blessed to know incredible women. 

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.