Al Madam Buried Village

Sharjah · Forenede Arabiske Emirater · Abandoned site

The small village outside Al Madam was built in the 1970s for Bedouin of the Al Ketbi tribe, but was abandoned by the mid-1990s and is now slowly being swallowed by the dunes. According to local legend it was not the sandstorms that drove the residents away but Umm Duwais – a female jinn with cat-like eyes, an intoxicating perfume and blades for hands. She is said to prowl the half-buried houses, luring men who come searching for the valuables the fleeing villagers supposedly left behind. Visitors tell of footsteps in the sand and scents that have no place in the desert.

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Hvor ligger Al Madam Buried Village?

Al Madam Buried Village ligger i Sharjah, Forenede Arabiske Emirater.

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