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Then and now: Fascinating historical photos show how Dubai changed from a simple fishing village into one of the world's flashiest holiday hotspots
But Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, was once a simple village. Up until the 1950s, residents relied upon fishing and pearl-diving to make money. However, the invention of artificial pearls in ...
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
Dubai may be best known for its glitzy, glamourous streets strewn with super-luxury hotels and traversed by sleek supercars, but there is more to the United Arab ... for pearl diving where slave ...