A century ago, it was a tranquil town whose coral-and-gypsum huts housed Bedouin traders and pearldivers.
一百年前,它还是一个宁静的小城,贝都因商人和采珠人住在由珊瑚和石膏筑成的小屋里。
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Tiny societies of pearldivers, coastal merchants, and nomadic Bedouin were transformed in the last half of the 20th century by oil and natural-gas wealth.