The New World, Sharjah Interlude

Foundland

Department of Flying Saucers

Foundland Collective’s workshop will explore and respond to how waves of immigrants from the Middle East, especially from Syria, have managed to set themselves up in the UAE and have survived by developing small businesses, usually related to food and hospitality. The collective will draw parallels between the historical Syrian community, Little Syria, which developed in New York City between 1880-1940, and the present-day Syrian communities in Sharjah.

*By invitation only