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How was the UAE founded?

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Updated: 07/12/2018 - 15:56 GMT+1

It’s hard to imagine Abu Dhabi and Dubai without their signature skyscrapers, but not so long ago sand dunes stood where the cosmopolitan cities of the United Arab Emirates now do.

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