23 secluded corner of the otherwise empty café, counting the money, rupee by rupee, and arranged it into ten stacks, each consisting of ten rupees. After recounting, I placed the money back into the pouch and left the café. I then headed towards the suq to the north, even though the locals in Sharjah refer to that direction as east. The Sharjah market begins at the Grand Mosque, hosting the suqs for vegetables, fish, and meat. Nearby lies the ironsmiths’ suq, situated opposite the Saffarin (copper) section of the market. Following this is the dates suq, which leads into the Shannasiyyah suq, a bustling area where shops sell mats
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