The sprawling gold souk in the old quar-ter of Deira is testament to Dubai's history as a staging post along ancient Middle Eastern trade routes. But today the stalls selling glittering bangles attract more tourists than traders. The serious money is pouring into the other, newer Dubai emerging from a forest of construction cranes in the desert a few miles to the south. There, amid some of the world's most luxurious hotels, apartments and shopping malls, the emirate's most audacious gamble is taking shape.
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