Al Maryah Island
Reclaimed financial island named after a desert village once famous for its Arabian oryx herds.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi starts with an odd pairing, glass towers and a long-horned antelope, and with the year the island's name changed from Sowwah. You'll hear about the sandbar and salt flat it began as, how the builders layered it, and where the name came from. Best heard on the waterfront promenade, with the channel beside you.
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