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To smartcat: Thank you	Hussein_Kefel	::	2008-06-08 3:19
Hi Igor, I appreciate your note. Really, not only Dubai or Burj Dubai but, the whole of the Emirates is developing constructions everywhere. Nevertheless, Dubai is growing faster than any city on earth. Here is a glimpse of how it all started: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum has led the transformation of his realm from a drowsy fishing village to a tax-free business haven and world capital of glittering excess. Source: National Geographic Magazine There once was a sheikh who dreamed big. His realm, on the shores of the Persian Gulf, was a sleepy, sun-scorched village occupied by pearl divers, fishermen, and traders who docked their ramshackle dhows and fishing boats along a narrow creek that snaked through town. But where others saw only a brackish creek, this sheikh, Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum, saw a highway to the world. One day in 1959, he borrowed many millions of dollars from his oil-rich neighbor, Kuwait, to dredge the creek until it was wide and deep enough for ships. He built wharves and warehouses and planned for roads and schools and homes. Some thought he was mad, others just mistaken, but Sheikh Rashid believed in the power of new beginnings. Sometimes at dawn, with his young son, Mohammed, by his side, he’d walk the empty waterfront and paint his dream in the air with words and gestures. And it was, in the end, as he said. He built it, and they came. Best Regards, Hussein			United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates "Burj Dubai" Hussein_Kefel (567)
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To smartcat: Thank you	Hussein_Kefel (567)	::	2008-06-08 03:19
:Hussein,	smartcat (835)	::	2008-06-08 04:56

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