Brakedwell,
that would mean the style and culture would have been different from Egypt I suppose.... because I have known that during the 20s till late 60s there was quite an interesting ways of entertaining people in the desert or near the Giza pyramids ... I am talking about "hooka" or shishaa (hubble bubble) and a feast of Arabian style in the tents along with female belly dancing .... quite a hospitality! Entertainment rather.... it would not be wrong to say in this case that the Gulf Arabian lands were not entertaining at all compared to Egypt which was closest most entertaining land in the Middle East ? Sharjah had very little to offer in terms of Arabian entertainment to the visitors back then ?