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Episode 7: In Fever Trough the Emirates

Even when one does not understand the words, there is something intrinsically moving about an Imam's prayer. It is as sublime as a mosque in the middle of the desert. It's a sign of a culture that we in the West often find hard to understand – perhaps precisely because it has so much to do with us.

Music and dance: Imam praying on Friday, October 24, 2008 just after noon in the Corniche Mosque in Sharjah.