One thing that has been rare, until recently, in Dubai is good book stores. There are a few used bookstores, small Arabic book stores here and there, and one chain of stores that have new English books as well as some Arabic. But, when Dubai Mall opened so did Book World by Kinokuniya. It is HUGE. They have books on everything. I was able to get a couple of books on embroidery and beading. They have loads of English books, but also French, German, Japanese, etc. They have a large section of comic books & manga. I ventured into the language section and found a book on beginning Cherokee. How thorough is that?
Beginning Cherokee
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