{"id":20448,"date":"2013-12-10T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/arabian-sand-sculptures-take-over-sydney-2\/"},"modified":"2013-12-10T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T08:10:00","slug":"arabian-sand-sculptures-take-over-sydney-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/12\/arabian-sand-sculptures-take-over-sydney-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabian Sand Sculptures Take Over Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"unnamed (3)\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-438893\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unnamed-33-300x300.jpg\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unnamed-33-300x300.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; color: #333333; cursor: default; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\" width=\"168\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">World-leading sand sculptor Dennis Massoud has re-created some of Abu Dhabi\u2019s most iconic landmarks at Sydney\u2019s Darling Harbour over the weekend.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Massoud, who has spent over 20 years creating sand sculptures across the world, spent three days constructing a magnificent recreation of the iconic Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Emirates Palace and the Al Jahili Fort.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image002\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-438896\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/image0023-300x200.jpg\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/image0023-300x200.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" width=\"240\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cAbu Dhabi has so many magnificent and opulent buildings that it was hard from me to narrow down exactly what sculptures I wanted to create,\u201d said Massoud.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cI ended up deciding on the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Emirates Palace and Al Jahili Fort as they are true icons in Abu Dhabi and are a great representation of the opulence, beauty and rich heritage that the emirate embodies,\u201d he concluded.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The sculptures, which required 5 tons of sand and reached up to 2 metres high, were part of a family-fun weekend hosted by Abu Dhabi Tourism &amp; Culture Authority. The event, titled Abu Dhabi Oasis, was held in celebration of local Emirati culture and cuisine and featured camel rides, an Arabian band, henna tattooing and calligraphy, as well as a number of exotic treats for all the family.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World-leading sand sculptor Dennis Massoud has re-created some of Abu Dhabi\u2019s most iconic landmarks at Sydney\u2019s Darling Harbour over the weekend. Massoud, who has spent over 20 years creating sand sculptures across the world, spent three days constructing a magnificent recreation of the iconic Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Emirates Palace and the Al Jahili Fort.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}