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Emirati walks 2000km to Makkah

Jalal Bin Thaneya shares the highs and lows of his 2000km walk from Ruwais in the UAE to Makkah in Saudi Arabia. The grueling trek took him fifty days to complete and reinforced his belief in the power of the human mind and spirit. Jalal undertook the challenge to raise funds and awareness for the Dubai Centre for Special Needs.

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