For some reason the residents packed up their bags and left more than a decade ago.
Local legends hold that its the nasty jinn that drove the people away.
Aghost village near Al Madam, UAE.
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Locals believe that something supernatural happened at Al Madam.
But in reality, its the unwelcoming sand of the desert.
The village constitutes two rows of identical houses and a mosque at one end.
Reports suggest that the houses were built in the late 1970s or 1980s as part of a housing project.
And the houses were well-built too.
There is hardly any crumbling walls or flaking paints even after more than a decade of abandonment.
However, not one of the them have escaped the encroaching desert.
Room after room, house after house is buried in sand halfway up to the ceiling.
Its the sand, and not jinn that drove the residents away.
The sand here is really inhospitable.
People say there is something in the sand here, it invades the houses.
Al madam is situated about 60 km from the city of Dubai and 50 km from Sharjah.
