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          MENAOctober 06, 2025
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          CartoonJuly 23, 2025
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          The 5,000-year-old Jebel Hafeet Tombs were named a Unesco world heritage site in 2011. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

          A look back at the UAE's first Unesco World Heritage site in Al Ain

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          MENAFebruary 05, 2025
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          MENAFebruary 05, 2025
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