The new wave

Shift in the sands: workers from Madras at Dubai Marina await transport home

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From Afghanistan to Abu Dhabi, from Bahrain to Beirut, developers want to emulate Dubai as the world's new property hotspot. Anna Goldie reports from the Gulf - and asks if the development frenzy is a timebomb waiting to explode

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