Exterior Shot of The Africa Hall - The Africa Institute's Country-Focused Season includes conferences in Sharjah dedicated to Africa's Indian Ocean Islands, and it is free and open to the public.

Think of the Indian Ocean, and it's likely you'll conjure images of pristine sands scattered with coconut palms, surrounded on all sides by turquoise sea. Such desert islands — worthy of Robinson ...

destination was a perfect, sun-kissed island in the Indian Ocean? Imagine pristine beaches as far as the eye can see, lush ...