The rise and fall of Dubai’s natoors: How building watchmen once called the shots in real estate

You might not have heard about it if you relocated to Dubai in recent years. But back in the day, the term natoor was on everybody’s lips.
Natoor means building watchman in Arabic. But make no mistake, these natoors were no ordinary workers stuck in lowly jobs. These were people who once wielded a lot of power.
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