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World Service,15 May 1996,28 mins

United Arab Emirates

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The astonishing transformation of fishing and pearling villages into oil rich metropolises: "We didn't have a telephone or electricity until 1967" says Mohamed Al-Fahim. Presented by Malcolm Billings

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