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Shami and Levantine Dialect

Arabic:

Maskeen (m)

English:

Poor thing

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Trade The tradition of pearl diving, which historically, put the UAE on the map for international trade with India, Persia, East Africa and even Great Britain,...

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posted on: Nov 4, 2020

Navigation gave the Arabs an edge in the world of trade with distant lands and invented the compass and other devices necessary for accurate navigation.

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