With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

Zodeh, 47, a Syrian living in the Gulf emirate, had become stuck near the on-rushing tide, his wheels spinning in sea-sodden sand ... hundreds who head into the desert at weekends in Qatar's ...

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Raghdan Salem Zodeh's SUV was freed from the sand and rising tides near a resort in the desert state of Qatar. Zodeh, 47, a Syrian living in the Gulf emirate, had become stuck near the on-rushing tide ...