Al Aweer
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Al Aweer is a suburb of Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, about 35 kilometres from the city centre. It was a farming village with Bedouin
Bedouin
The Bedouin are a part of a predominantly desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group traditionally divided into tribes or clans, known in Arabic as ..-Etymology:...

 camps until the 1990s, when the city was hugely expanded and when the Emirates Road
Emirates Road
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 was established. The area now contains, in addition to farms, houses, palaces, the city's main vegetables market and a used car complex. A free zone of industrial nature is also established by Nakheel.

The eastern part of Al Aweer, also known as Al Aweer village, attracts tourists for its large desert which is a popular desert safari ground.
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