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Police patrolling Dubai’s beaches have been cracking down on what’s considered offensive behavior. Thousands of people have been stopped this year. The BBC’s Arab Affairs Editor Sebastian Usher tells anchor Marco Werman what Dubai authorities find offensive on the beach.

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