14 The market began with narrow, palm-frond-covered pathways that suddenly opened into a wide expanse, where shop owners displayed their goods in front of their stores on tables laden with fruits and sweets. The Bur Dubai market extended to the fish souq on the southern bank of the creek, where uncovered land stretched before us. To our left, a rhythmic “tak-tak... tak-tak” sound emanated from a rectangular building. “What’s that sound?” I asked my grandmother. “That’s the flour mill. People bring their grain here to be ground,” she explained.
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