In Pictures: A week in RAK. In the sleepy city, life goes on throughout the summer months. Bilal, left, and Mohammed, both from Bangladesh, work from 6am to 1pm and then from 3pm to 8pm in this metal workshop. They mould and carve the metal into the ornamental objects stacked around them. Part hard labour, part artisanal craft, the kind of work they do provides much of the backbone for RAK's metal industry.Lee Hoagland / The National
In Pictures: A week in RAK
A week in Ras Al-Khaima
In Pictures :A week in Ras Al-Khaima: Photos by Lee Hoagland
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