As Christmas approaches, Dubai's Gold Souk goes into overdrive both due to tourists stocking up with cheap gifts and because November to February is when gold prices historically dip.
Little wonder that gold is Dubai's top foreign trade commodity, dwarfing oil four to one in 2020.
Gold has become the currency of this war, says Kholood Khair, a Sudanese expert, highlighting the insidious role of blood gold in the Sudan conflict.
Most people come here, purchase 24 carat or 22 biscuits, go back to their own countries and they sell it.
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