A man walks by the Babil Foodstuff Est., a recently closed convenience store in the city block between Airport and Muroor, and Delma and Mohamed Bin Khalifa streets in Abu Dhabi.  Silvia Razgova/The National
A man walks by the Babil Foodstuff Est., a recently closed convenience store in the city block between Airport and Muroor, and Delma and Mohamed Bin Khalifa streets in Abu Dhabi. Silvia Razgova/The NShow more

Sadness as Abu Dhabi community sees 26 grocery shops go in one block