AL-MADAM, United Arab Emirates -- Nestled in sand dunes an hour's drive from the skyscrapers of Dubai, a desert village abandoned in the 1990s stands as an eerie relic of the rapid urbanization of ...

Our sponsorship policy. The village of Al Madam is being gradually reclaimed by the desert. Outlines of former homes are still visible but the all-consuming sand rolls in like waves, pouring ...

Al Reef is a popular community on the outskirts ... and five-bedroom villas: Contemporary Village, Desert Village, Arabian Village, and Mediterranean Village. In the centre of the community ...

a desert village abandoned in the 1990s stands as an eerie relic of the rapid urbanization of the United Arab Emirates. Built in the 1970s to house semi-nomadic Bedouin, the village of al-Ghuraifa ...

a desert village abandoned in the 1990s stands as an eerie relic of the rapid urbanization of the United Arab Emirates. Built in the 1970s to house semi-nomadic Bedouin, the village of al-Ghuraifa ...

A house's entrance gate is buried under the sand at the Bedouin village of al-Ghuraifabout 100 km, 62 miles, southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, July 9, 2023. Built-in the 1970s ...