On Emirates’ glittering coast, pearl trade lives on

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Fri, 2019-11-29 04:16

RAS AL-KHAIMAH: Before the discovery of oil transformed the Gulf into one of the world’s wealthiest regions, the fortunes of its people depended on pearling — a tradition that Abdullah
Al-Suwaidi hopes to revive.

Many Emirati families can trace their ancestry to a time when they were involved in the pearl trade, which served as the foundation of their modern-day wealth.

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