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Dubai 1975
Here is a film made by the BBC in 1975 about Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. At that point he was the ruler's son, but he would become the man who helped create modern Dubai. It is a glimpse of Dubai just before it started to become the strange fantasy world it is today..
Kabul: City Number One - Part 5
PART FIVE - INTERCONTINENTAL The King of Afghanistan was called Mohammed Zahir Shah. He believed in modernity. His family had ruled the country for over 150 years and he was driven everywhere in a black chevrolet.