“I’m an old pearl diver. This last week, Friday, I was in the sea diving. From when I am 15 years old up to now, I am a pearl diver and bodybuilder.” The store owner motions to a framed ...

From that day, my dream of becoming a pearl diver began. I started having recurring dreams. Each night I imagined that I was diving in the sea and a beautiful pearl would land in my hand.

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Pearl-diving slowly paled out of the UAE's economic marquee with the discovery of oil in the mid-20th century, ... I go under the sea, talk to the creatures, and find my spot of calm there. ...

The Pearl Diver. Jeff Talarigo. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 256 pp., $18.95. Jeff TALARIGO’S hypnotic first novel is set on the beautiful island of Nagashima in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea.

Tiki is back, and we recently escaped into Pearl Diver. The first of three highly anticipated tiki hideaways to open (Chopper and Hubba Hubba are on the horizon), it is a collaboration of the ...

An innovative theatrical production, The Pearl Diver’s Daughter, premiered at the Katara Opera House on Wednesday, showcasing the power of cross-cultural collaboration in preserving and ...