We waited with bated breath as our tour guide at the House of Pearls, Obaidullah, pricked open an oyster and gently peeled it ...

Setting off from Dubai Creek, 400 pearl diving boats would spend three months at a time in search of oyster beds. The pearl divers would dive 20 to 30 meters on a single breath up to three hundred ...

The Dubai of Major Ali’s ancestors was very different to the one I know, yet I was pleased a little piece of it remained within the confines of the small bobbing dhow. The pearl diving experience ...

So, you’ve been self-isolating for upwards of a month now, and you think you’ve done everything you can possibly do from the comfort (read: confine) of your home? Think again.

An ancient village was recently unearthed on a small, sandy island near Dubai, according to media reports. The livelihoods of its one-time inhabitants were dedicated to a valuable resource that ...

Auction house Christie's will put one of the world's largest pearls on the block at its Dubai spring jewelry sale on April 20 in a nostalgic reminder of the Emirate's pearl diving past.

Leading experts from the pearl and jewellery industry today gathered at the Atlantis Hotel, Palm Jumeirah for the inaugural World Pearl Forum, hosted by the Dubai Pearl Exchange, a subsidiary of ...