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Desert Dream— Aqaba
Preface
Once a provincial backwater, the Jordanian port town of Aqaba is in the midst of a vast regeneration programme that will reposition it as the ‘gateway to the Levant’.
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01Seafront of Aqaba
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02Shadi Majali, managing director of the Saraya Aqaba project
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03Villas under construction at the Saraya project
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04Locals take a stroll near Aqaba’s waterfront
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05Bird’s-eye view of the city
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06Nael Al Naimat, an Aqaba resident
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07The recently opened Hotel Kempinski
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08Containers at Aqaba port
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09Danny Harrison, principal of the International School Aqaba
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10Aqaba Airport
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11Walter Plangenauer, manager of residential properties and hotels in Marina Plaza, Tala Bay.
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12Private beach at Hotel Kempinski
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13Hotel Kempinski beach
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