So in 2016, Badran set up her own tour company, Wander with Nada, to “show a different side of Dubai” to travelers.
Her bespoke private tours are designed to suit the interests of each visitor, but her favorite itinerary is Dubai’s “old town,” a group of small neighborhoods around Dubai Creek where the city began and Badran spent her childhood.
Badran leads me through the narrow alleys around the Dubai Old Souk, home to stores run by Indian-origin families.
Stores in Old Dubai Souk.
“Dubai is about opening your mind,” Badran says, “and embracing this diversity that makes it unique.”
Persons:
Nada Badran, Badran, “, ”, Nada, Rebecca Cairns, Al Maktoum, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Al Talli, There’s, —, it’s, ” Badran, Al Shindagha, Al, Djamel Boussaa, ” Boussaa, hasn’t, Rashid Haghaght, Al Karama, ” “
Organizations:
CNN, “, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Heritage, UNESCO, Al Shindagha, Trading
Locations:
Florence, Dubai, The, Arabian, “ Dubai, ”, Rome, Athens, Edinburgh, UAE, Oman, today’s Iraq, Bani Yas, Al Shindagha, Suadna, South, West Asia, Al, Saudi Arabia, Al Fahidi, Jordan, Deira, Isfahan, Old Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Rigga, Souk, Old Dubai Souk, Jebel Ali, Iran, India, China