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Desert Growth: Football in the UAE

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Aug 14, 2012
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Desert Growth: Football in the UAE

By John Ray

A camera pans over a half empty and fully solemn Old Trafford. Mother’s are talking to their kids, lone men are checking their blackberries, and half time is drawing to a close. The Emiratis and Uruguayans jog out in their respective red and black and blue and white kits. The South American side is replenish …

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