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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Traders have always operated in the shadow of Forts. 
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What place is this ? The shop owner might as well sleep in the fort facilities

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My home town fortress has a clear periphery since the last several decades. Not that the situation is completely innocuous, with its 'kitsch' kitchen exhaust. This fortress was adapted to coast guard barracks for a long while; not any longer ... but the chimney is still there
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