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Nicoline Abinkeng had big dreams for her daughter and family back home, relatives say. Photo: Awunglefac family
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Relatives grieve for three cousins from Dera Ghazi Khan in south-west Pakistan - Umar Farooq, Muhammad Bilal and Muhammad Sajjad - who shared a flat in Deira, Dubai. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Night shift worker Muhammad Bilal at Dubai Marina. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Muhammad Sajjad was employed by air conditioner repair firm in Dubai. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Umar Farooq shared this photograph with his relatives. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Muhammad Bilal, Umar Farooq and Muhammad Sajjad died in Dubai. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Chef Nicoline Abinkeng with her brothers at a birthday celebration in Dubai. Relatives say a big professional opportunity was waiting for her. Photo: Awunglefac family
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Nicoline Abinkeng, from Cameroon, worked in a restaurant as a chef. Photo: Awunglefac family
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Nicoline Abinkeng had big dreams for her daughter and family back home, relatives say. Photo: Awunglefac family
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Relatives grieve for three cousins from Dera Ghazi Khan in south-west Pakistan - Umar Farooq, Muhammad Bilal and Muhammad Sajjad - who shared a flat in Deira, Dubai. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Night shift worker Muhammad Bilal at Dubai Marina. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Muhammad Sajjad was employed by air conditioner repair firm in Dubai. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Umar Farooq shared this photograph with his relatives. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Muhammad Bilal, Umar Farooq and Muhammad Sajjad died in Dubai. Photo: Mohammed Jamil
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Chef Nicoline Abinkeng with her brothers at a birthday celebration in Dubai. Relatives say a big professional opportunity was waiting for her. Photo: Awunglefac family
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Nicoline Abinkeng, from Cameroon, worked in a restaurant as a chef. Photo: Awunglefac family
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Nicoline Abinkeng had big dreams for her daughter and family back home, relatives say. Photo: Awunglefac family
Dubai fire: Tributes paid to devoted parents killed in blaze
Relatives tell of anguish as they organise last rites and repatriation of bodies
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Ramola Talwar Badam
18 April, 2023
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