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AP TELEVISION ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Wide of Gulam Nabi Khan, 29-year-old Indian Muslim labourer, his roommates and other labourers playing cricket in car park near labourers' living quarters 2. Khan speaking with friends 3. Close of cricket bat 4. Various of people praying 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Haji Nasser, Mosque volunteer and charitable iftar organiser: "These poor people, they leave their countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, they come here. And, you know, everyone is thinking for their families, they come and work here for the money, and they send their money back for their family. And we think we are doing for them only to provide, like, dishes for them." 6. Close cutaway of labourers receiving food handouts distributed by volunteers 7. Mid of Haji Nasser distributing food for iftar (meal to break evening fast during Ramadan) ++DAY SHOTS++ 8. Various of labourers working on construction of new mosque, with high-rise buildings visible in background 9. Wide of high-rise buildings and construction cranes 10. Various of labourers leaving area of labour camps in Al Quoz district 11. Various of food being plated up by volunteers for iftar at mosque near labour camps 12. Close of labourer praying 13. Mid of labourers sitting in mosque as they break their fast with Iftar meal 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Zuwakas Al Monem, Mosque volunteer and son of Imam Mohammad Al Monem: "Most of them are labourers, so they can't afford (food). I mean, even if they can afford (it), they have jobs, like, from morning to evening ... not evening, afternoon, like four o'clock, and iftar is at seven 'o clock, so it's very hard for them to come and cook and go to the mosque to pray." ++INTERIOR SHOTS++ 15. Close of slogan on man's T-shirt reading: (English) "Burj Khalifa, Dubai" 16. Mid of Gulam Nabi Khan speaking with his friends at accommodation for labourers 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Gulam Nabi Khan, Indian citizen who has worked as labourer in Dubai for 12 years: "I am missing home. Ramadan, you know, I am very tired. I am working hard and after I finish my work, I want to call back home. When I call my family back home, I am very happy." 18. Close of skull caps inside room where labourers gather to pray 19. Mid of Khan praying after iftar ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 20. Wide of men leaving shop after buying food 21. Various of labourers eating 22. Wide of street as labourers walking around after breaking their fast STORYLINE: Across the Muslim world, most families gather at sunset after the daylong fast during the holy month of Ramadan. For Muslim labourers in the Gulf, though, many eat alone without their families. In a car par in Dubai, a group of Muslim labourers from India - separated from their homeland like (m) millions of other workers across the Gulf - join for a game of cricket and to swap stories late into the evening. The scene is recreated in countless ways in Dubai and other fast-growing Gulf cities where Muslim workers, mainly from South Asia, mark Ramadan in ways that reflect the bonds of their migrant communities. However, it also underscores the stinging realities of the 21st century Gulf boomtowns, where unskilled workers can make less than 300 US dollars a month. "These poor people they leave their countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, they come here,'' said Haji Nasser, a volunteer that provides charity meals for the evening meal, known as iftar. "And, you know, everyone is thinking about their family. They come and work here for the money, and they send their money back for their family," he adds. In the Dubai district of Al Quoz, the site of brief labour protests in 2007, hundreds of labourers rush to the mosque every night to break their fast during Ramadan. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/017093df1cac956a621282d6a6c96309 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork