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Panel on Fashion Avenue inside the Dubai Mall, 2008.
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Dubaiʼs skyline, 2008.
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Dubai’s skyline from the shuttle bus leaving Port Rashid named after Sheikh Rashid of
the Al Maktoum family, 2008.
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The skyscraper Burj Dubai seen from the shuttle bus leading to the Dubai Mall and the figure of a construction worker, 2009.
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Emirates Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road named after Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Zayed of the Al Maktoum family, 2009.
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Workers on a construction site at the exit of Port Rashid. Dubai’s skyline on Sheikh
Zayed Road is in the background with the Emirates Towers and Burj Dubai, 2009.
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Al Karama, 2008.
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Workers-mostly Indians coming from the poorest region of the country- on a construction site at the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Workers on a construction site at the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Workers on a construction site at the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Worker on a construction site at the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009. Opened on Tuesday November 4 2008 and still under
construction the Dubai Mall is the world’s largest-ever single-day mall opening in retail
history.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Saturday afternoon skating at the Dubai Ice Rink inside the Dubai Mall, 2009. On the
video His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai. The Al
Maktoum family's reign as rulers of Dubai began in 1833.
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The Dubai Ice Rink inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Ice Rink inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Ice Rink inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Ice Rink inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Dubai Aquarium & Discovery Centre inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Dubai Aquarium & Discovery Centre inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Dubai Aquarium & Discovery Centre inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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Dubai Aquarium & Discovery Centre inside the Dubai Mall, 2009.
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The Lost Chambers inside the Atlantis Hotel, 2009.
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The Lost Chambers inside the Atlantis Hotel, 2009. Suites and a restaurant have
windows on the aquarium.
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The Lost Chambers inside the Atlantis Hotel, 2009.
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The Lost Chambers inside the Atlantis Hotel, 2009.
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Feeding the seagulls at the Dubai creek, 2009_ that’s the area where Dubai’s history
began in the 1830s with the Al Maktoum family.
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The Dubai creek, 2009.
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The Dubai creek, 2009.
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An abras, the typical water-taxi that ferry passengers across the Dubai creek, 2009.
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The Dubai creek, 2009.
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The Dubai creek, 2009.
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The Dubai creek, 2009.
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Outside the building of an international bank on the Dubai creek, 2009.
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The Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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The Gold Souk situated along the Dubai creek, in Deira, 2009_an area mostly inhabited
by Indians since the turn of the 20th century.
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An Indian cafeteria inside the Gold Souk, 2009.
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A family in the Gold Souk, 2009.
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Street life in the area around the Gold Souk, 2009. Approximately 85% of the expatriate
population (and 71% of the emirate's total population) is Asian, mostly from India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh.
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Outside a shop in the area around the Gold Souk, 2009.
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Carrying goods along the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Dhows-wooden sailing vessel- on the Dubai creek, 2009.
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The Dubai creek, 2009. On its shores one can still see Dhows loading cargo for
destinations in India, Africa, Iran and Pakistan much the same as they did several hundred
years ago.
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Goods deposited on the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Resting among goods deposited on the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life along the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life along the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life along the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life along the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life along the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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An area around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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An area around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Street life in areas around the Dubai creek, 2009.
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St. Valentine’s Day on the Dubai creek, 2009.
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Construction metro and building site on Sheik Zayed Road, 2009.
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Construction metro and building site on Sheik Zayed Road, 2009.
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Advertisement on a road in front of Port Rashid, 2009.
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Dubai view from the creek, 2009.
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