[[File:Dubai Fountain (5608001810).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Dubai Fountain]] at the [[Dubai Mall]]]]
[[File:Dubai Fountain (5608001810).jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Dubai Fountain]] at the [[Dubai Mall]]]]
Dubai has been nicknamed the "shopping capital of the Middle East."{{cite web|url=http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/middle_east_and_north_africa/arab_gulf_states/shopping_in_dubai.php|title=Shopping in dubai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625210917/http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/middle_east_and_north_africa/arab_gulf_states/shopping_in_dubai.php|archive-date=2006-06-25}}{{cite web | title=Shopping Guide in Dubai | url=http://www.gateway-dubai.com/lifestyle-dubai/shopping/shopping-in-dubai/ | work=Shopping Galore in Dubai | date=17 October 2013 | access-date=17 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017113310/http://www.gateway-dubai.com/lifestyle-dubai/shopping/shopping-in-dubai/ | archive-date=17 October 2013 }} The city draws large numbers of shopping tourists from countries within the region and from as far as Eastern Europe, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. Dubai is known for its [[souk]] districts. Souk is the Arabic word for market or place where any kind of goods are brought or exchanged. Traditionally, [[dhow]]s from the Far East, China, Sri Lanka, and India would discharge their cargo and the goods would be bargained over in the souks adjacent to the docks.{{cite web|url=http://www.datadubai.com/dubai-culture/shopping/souks/|title=Souq - DataDubai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312150727/http://www.datadubai.com/dubai-culture/shopping/souks/|archive-date=2007-03-12}}
Dubai has been nicknamed the "shopping capital of the Middle East."{{cite web|url=http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/middle_east_and_north_africa/arab_gulf_states/shopping_in_dubai.php|title=Shopping in dubai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625210917/http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/middle_east_and_north_africa/arab_gulf_states/shopping_in_dubai.php|archive-date=2006-06-25}}{{cite web | title=Shopping Guide in Dubai | url=http://www.gateway-dubai.com/lifestyle-dubai/shopping/shopping-in-dubai/ | work=Shopping Galore in Dubai | date=17 October 2013 | access-date=17 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017113310/http://www.gateway-dubai.com/lifestyle-dubai/shopping/shopping-in-dubai/ | archive-date=17 October 2013 }} The city draws large numbers of shopping tourists from countries within the region and from as far as Eastern Europe, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. Dubai is known for its [[souk]] districts. Souk is the Arabic word for market or place where any kind of goods are brought or exchanged. Traditionally, [[dhow]]s from the Far East, China, Sri Lanka, and India would discharge their cargo and the goods would be bargained over in the souks adjacent to the docks.{{cite web|url=http://www.datadubai.com/dubai-culture/shopping/souks/|title=Souq - DataDubai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312150727/http://www.datadubai.com/dubai-culture/shopping/souks/|archive-date=2007-03-12}}
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