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Fatimaaaa... So I was wandering around Dubai's Indian Quarter and got totally hooked on this melody. The guys actually sing it even better than the original. But it's definitely not for everyone. If I googled it right, it's popular among Kerala's Indian Muslims.

A couple years back, some of their countrymen opened the first Hindu temple in the Middle East, somewhere between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It's huge and really interesting, but you can't get there without a car. And for some reason they don't let you take photos with a normal camera. Instead, they make you take off your shoes and walk barefoot.

And here are some more classic Emirati shots to wrap things up.