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 | | The cosmopolitan city has maximised its use of the Dubai Creek (Deira to the north and Bur Dubai to the south) to transform a desert into a green, self-sufficient kingdom. |
 | | Dubai is indeed, a land of contrasts - sunny sand-dunes against piped green landscapes, stony, rugged mountains against wild wadis and clear streams in its valleys, dusty villages and ancient houses with wind towers against ultra-modern complexes. |
 | | Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates, is situated in the Gulf region, and from what I had read about the region, that meant a dry, unbearable hot place with sand everywhere. |
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