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      <title>Nouamghar: The People of the Water&apos;s Edge</title>
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      <title>Nouamghar: Sand, Salt, and Bottarga</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nouamghar sits near Cape Timiris, about 150 km north-northeast of the capital, Nouakchott, serving as a gateway into the Banc d'Arguin - a vast shoal of tidal flats and shallows that UNESCO named a World Heritage Site for the millions of migratory birds it shelters. Life here is ...]]></description>
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