Dubai City Life Photos -- National Geographic's Ultimate City Guides

Camel Trainers
Photograph by Mark Henley/Panos
Dubai’s skyscrapers backdrop a line of camel trainers returning from camel racing practice.
Bastakiya Quarter
Photograph by Mark Henley/Panos
The traditional wind towers in the restored Bastakiya Quarter were designed as a household cooling system.
Gold Suq
Photograph by Mark Henley/Panos
The Gold Suq is home to myriad shops with dazzling displays of gold jewelry; be prepared to bargain.
Muslim Woman
Photograph by Mark Henley/Panos
A Dubai woman wearing a sheyla (head scarf) keeps in touch.
Nighttime Scene
Photograph by Mark Henley/Panos
A Chinese businessman in Dubai looks out from a Chinese restaurant in Deira, Dubai’s chaotic suq district.
Dubai Creek Dockside
Photograph by Mark Henley/Panos
A sailor loads consumer goods onto a dhow on a Dubai Creek dock.
Expatriates at Arabian Ranches
Photograph by Maggie Steber
Basking in the good life, expatriates watch a polo match at Arabian Ranches, a suburban-style development in Dubai.
Mass Wedding Guests
Photograph by Maggie Steber
A guest at a mass wedding in Dubai peruses the thick program, which lists 47 couples.