![May 24, 2013, Dubai, UAE:
The Tea House Junction, a cafe in Oud Metha, is home to the city's better teas and also to its gamers. Not video gamers but board gamers.
Seen here is one of the cafe's Scrabble boards.
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Scrabble is a great game for lovers of the written word. Lee Hoagland / The National
Scrabble is a great game for lovers of the written word. Lee Hoagland / The National
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The National
18 March, 2020