Mohamed al Suwaidi sits cross-legged on a wooden dhow off the coast of Al Rams fishing village in Ras al-Khaimah.
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Two hours away from Dubai’s skyscrapers and six-lane highways, Al Rams is home to a pearl farm where dirt roads open to the sea.
The warm air smells of fish, birds circle low over mangroves, and men — much like their grandfathers decades before them — search for oysters carrying the shiniest pearls.
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