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Arabia's Top 15
Souqs - Arabia's Trading Places
Mutrah Souq, Oman
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They may not match the stock exchanges of New York, London or Tokyo in terms of
dollars traded, but they claim a far more ancient lineage. Get lost in any of the region's
labyrinthine souqs, especially in Doha's Souq Waqif (
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, Muscat's Mutrah Souq
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or Souq Al-Milh (
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) in Sana'a and participate in brisk trading in
olives, the haggle-to-the-death of cloth merchants, and a collusive wink-and-a-nod over
gulled customers.
