North African desert theme was conveyed only minimally in the Sahara’s architecture. Outside, the only depiction consisted of fake camels and fake Arabian people.
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I stayed often in Khartoum’s Sahāri Hotel, nothing fake about it, no fake camels, no fake Arabs, but outside the door, the desert theme was everywhere, the real Sahrā’ starting right on its sandy sidewalk.