Built in the 1970s to house semi-nomadic Bedouin, the village of Al Ghuraifa was abandoned two decades later as the country transformed itself into a global hub of commerce and tourism, home to the futuristic cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
It was built as part of a public housing project after the 1971 formation of the UAE
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