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              Dubai Creek

              A historic waterway central to Dubai's trade and heritage, home to traditional dhows and now modern developments

              Prices start from Dh600 at this laid-back Dubai Creek-side hotel. Photo: Vida Hotels

              Art Deco minimalism meets historic Dubai at Vida Creek Beach

              TravelApril 04, 2025
              Abra captains prepare to break their fast during Ramadan while their boats are moored on Dubai Creek. Antonie Robertson / The National
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              How abra captains on Dubai Creek break their fast with a quiet iftar

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              Photo: Richard Parry
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              Aerial images of 1980s Dubai shows city on cusp of transformation

              UAEJuly 09, 2024
              Dubai Creek's walls are set to be upgraded and modernised. Wam

              Dh112 million project launched to rebuild walls along Dubai Creek

              HeritageFebruary 25, 2024
              An aerial view of Dubai Creek taken in the early 1960s. Photo: David Riley © UAE National Library and Archives
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              Old photos of Dubai Creek show a time long forgotten

              UAEJanuary 13, 2024
              The RTA has been running Dubai Ferry services since 2011. Photo: Government of Dubai Media Office

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              WeekendAugust 25, 2023
              United Arab Emirates, UAE, Dubai, Middle East Eastern, Deira, Corinche Road.
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              Dubai's architectural heritage goes beyond the wind tower

              Arts & CultureFebruary 01, 2023
              The humble abra, Dubai's oldest form of public transport, is still in use today, ferrying everyone from tourists to traders and goods between the two shores of Dubai Creek waterway. Boats leave from each side every couple of minutes. Antonie Robertson / The National
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              Photo essay: Abras on Dubai Creek hark back to a simpler past

              WeekendDecember 02, 2022
              The Dubai Creek Harbour deal makes Dubai Holding the second-largest shareholder of Emaar. Photo: Emaar Properties

              Emaar shareholders approve acquisition of Dubai Creek Harbour and sale of Namshi

              MarketsSeptember 21, 2022
              Shaun Killa, the architect who designed Dubai's Museum of the Future, with a model of the building at his offices in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
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              The architect who dreamt up the design of Dubai's Museum of the Future

              WeekendSeptember 02, 2022
              Cargo dhows at Dubai Creek. Pawan Singh / The National
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              Dubai dhow trade is setting sail again

              HeritageAugust 25, 2022
              The Nasser Rashid Lootah Building, known to the public as the Toyota Building, on Sheikh Zayed Road in the early 1990s. Photo: Nasser Rashid Lootah Group
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              Dubai's famous Toyota Building lights up Sheikh Zayed Road again

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              Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, walks on the Infinity Bridge. Photo: Twitter / HHShkMohd
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              Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid opens Infinity Bridge in Dubai

              GovernmentJanuary 13, 2022
              Artists work on the walls of former residences in the Fahidi district in 2020. Sheikh Hamdan has approved a broader project that seeks to make the city's walls and streets an 'open art gallery'. Photo: Reem Mohammed / The National
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              Dubai Creek district to undergo world-class regeneration

              HeritageJanuary 09, 2022
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              UAE's class of '71: the first female Emirati dentist

              UAE at 50November 21, 2021
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              10 spas in Dubai where you can while a whole day away

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