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It's from here that Dubai flourished. The deep water creek made it an ideal port allowing Dubai to become a major trading centre in the Gulf.Merchants from East Africa, Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf states came here to sell...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eDubai Creek. It's from here that Dubai flourished. \u003cbr/\u003eThe deep water creek made it an ideal port allowing Dubai to become a major trading centre in the Gulf.\u003cbr/\u003eMerchants from East Africa, Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf states came here to sell silk, gold, fish, spices and frankincense and to buy pearls and dates.\u003cbr/\u003eSea trading used to depend on dhows and so boat building developed as one of the main industries in Dubai.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite the discovery of oil in the 1970s, trade is still an important industry in the UAE, but these days most goods are transported in large metal container ships.  \u003cbr/\u003eMany of the original boat builders now use plastic and are more likely to manufacture pleasure cruisers.\u003cbr/\u003eBut wooden dhows continue to travel between Dubai and Iran and Pakistan.  Most are relatively small and are built in Pakistan where there are many skilled boat builders and wages are low.\u003cbr/\u003eFew Emiratis are interested in building dhows any more, but one family business  is continuing the tradition.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd not only that - the Obaid dhow building company is hoping to get into the Guinness Book of Records for building the world's largest wooden dhow.\u003cbr/\u003eThis dhow, the Obaid 10, is already one of the world's biggest.  60 metres long (196.87 feet) with a width of 14 metres (45.93 feet)  it stands 7 metres (22.97 feet) high and can carry 2500 tonnes.  \u003cbr/\u003eIn the old tradition the men use fresh wood to assemble the planks first and then shape the ribs inside them. The only concession to modernity is that rope and natural fibres have given way to nails.\u003cbr/\u003eAhmed Obaid Al Falasi's father started the family dhow building business more than 40 years ago. He says he cannot give up what his father started:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is our job, our father's job, our grandfather's job. We cannot leave this job.  If we close this job, what will we do?  We don't know anything, only this job.  We love this job, we cannot leave. We cannot stop.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBut he concedes things have changed drastically since his father started the business and that young people are not interested in working hard now.  Most of the workers are from Pakistan and India.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The young man, the young people, the mind is different now.  Somebody like cars, somebody like buildings, somebody like ... the mind has changed not like before.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe Obaid 10 was so big when it was completed that it took several weeks to push it into the creek.  In the end the workers succeeded with the help of diggers, cranes and tow boats.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Obaid 10 was heading for Bosaso, a major sea port within the autonomous Puntland state within Somalia, a journey of seven days. \u003cbr/\u003ePuntland is an area in the north east of the country containing around a third of the Somali population. It declared itself an autonomous state in 1998 but is not seeking outright independence.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Obaid 10 is now currently in Yemen, a stop on its way back to the UAE.  \u003cbr/\u003eObaid's dhows are used to transport goods to Somalia where a high mark-up on goods enables a healthy profit.\u003cbr/\u003eEverything is piled up inside including second hand cars, tyres, televisions, rice, bed linen and canned fruit. \u003cbr/\u003eThe return trip brings cows and charcoal, although trade in the latter has been affected by a United Nations embargo.\u003cbr/\u003eEconomies of scale mean that the round trip makes a good profit of around 100-thousand US dollars.\u003cbr/\u003eBut it will take several journeys to get back the 2.5 million US dollar cost of building the dhow.\u003cbr/\u003eAhmed Obaid is now set on building an even bigger dhow that will be 84 metres long (275.6 feet), 20 metres wide (65.6 feet) and 35 metres (115 feet) high with the ability to four thousand tonnes.\u003cbr/\u003eThe new dhow is estimated to cost 4 million US dollars and will carry 4000 tones in weight.  \u003cbr/\u003eObaid hopes this one will get into the Guinness Book of Records.  The record is currently held by a Kuwaiti family whose dhow is 80.4 (263.78 feet)metres long and has a displacement of 2500 tonnes.\u003cbr/\u003eAhmed Obaid says: \"This is our dream. The biggest and the biggest and the biggest.  We want to be number one like Sheikh Mohammed (ruler of Dubai) said we are number one.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe designer and foreman Ismail Ali Mohammed came to Dubai from Pakistan 35 years ago to build dhows for the Obaid family. He says he comes from a long line of dhow building families.\u003cbr/\u003e\"My family was into boat building, my grandfather and father, so it's in my blood.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAs long as there is a demand from countries like Somalia then the Obaid family will continue to build dhows and continue the age old tradition.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDubai - December 16th, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. View of dhows and mosques at Dubai Creek\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of boats and mosque\u003cbr/\u003e3. Moving shot of dhows\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of dhows being loaded\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDubai - May 2012\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of boat builders hammering nails into dhow, called Obaid 10\u003cbr/\u003e6. Line of workers sitting on planks hammering \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of dhow and workers sitting on planks hammering \u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of dhow \u003cbr/\u003e9. Contrast with dhow and modern building \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDubai - January 8th, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e10. Ahmed Obaid Al Falasi sitting with his brother in the office\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close Ahmed Obaid Al Falasi \u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid model of dhow on coffee table \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE:  (English) Ahmed Obaid Al Falasi, Obaid dhow building company\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is our job, our father's job, our grandfather's job. We cannot leave this job.  If we close this job, what will we do?  We don't know anything, only this job. We love this job, we cannot leave. We cannot stop.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Cutaway of picture of Ahmed's father Obaid al Falasi\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE:  (English) Ahmed Obaid Al Falasi, Obaid dhow building company\u003cbr/\u003e\"The young people, the young man, the mind is different now. Somebody like cars, somebody like buildings, somebody like ... the mind has changed not like before.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDubai - October 2012\u003cbr/\u003e16. Workers digging out the dhow from the sand where it has become embedded\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close up of workers digging\u003cbr/\u003e18. Diggers and cranes trying to push dhow \u003cbr/\u003e19. Close up of diggers\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDubai - December 16th, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various Obaid 10 being loaded with goods to take it to Somaliland\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDubai - December 15th, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of what the Obaid family hope will be the world's largest dhow being built\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE:  (Arabic) Ahmed Obaid Al Falasi, Obaid dhow building company\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is our dream. The biggest and the biggest and the biggest.  We want to be number one like Sheikh Mohammed (ruler of Dubai) said we are number one.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Various set ups of foreman and designer Ismail Ali Mohammed\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Ismail Ali Mohammed, foreman and designer \u003cbr/\u003e\"My family was into boat building, my grandfather and father, so it's in my blood.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various dhow being built\u003cbr/\u003e26. 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