Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who, in fear of her death by her husband’s hand, used to tell him a different story each and every night, just to mesmerise him with the exotic images of fairytales, hence leave all dark thoughts behind. The tales would last for A Thousand and One Nights, exactly the same amount of time I would love to spend to the one place that puts all fairytales to test: the dreamlike Dubai.

As soon as I discussed with the incredibly talented Rima Hassan, who is a Dubai-based photographer, to do a collaboration styled shoot in Dubai, I felt as if I was already there once again.