Let's admit it, we know very little about Arab women. Despite the fact that they played a significant role in the country's history, they still remain a mystery to the whole world. However, there is a place in Dubai intended to lift the veil of mystery a little - the Women's Museum, the only one in the country and just one of only four such museums in the world.
The museum's founder, Rafia Obaid Gubash, believes that it is wrong to view local women as an isolated community, because women in the Middle East have always been and remain socially active members of society.
This museum is located near the Gold Market, in the Deira district, in a building that was once called the "girls' house" and was intended for young unmarried women. The collection is quite extensive, and you will see many exhibits here telling about the everyday life of Arab women, items of clothing, traditional jewelry, as well as kitchen and household utensils.
Special attention in the exhibitions is paid to the photographs and documents that Rafia Obaid Gurash collected for more than five years. They show the influence women had on the cultural and political life of the United Arab Emirates and on the process of the state's formation, from long ago to the present day.
