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A Sukkah, a temporary hut constructed to be used during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot, the feast of the Tabernacles is pictured in front at Kaf Armani hotel next to Burj al-Khalifa in Dubai on October 4, 2020 weeks after the UAE normalised ties with Israel. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Moroccan artist and jewelry designer Chama Mechtaly, whose roots have both Jewish and Muslim branches, is creating her cross-cultural work in, of all places, the Dubai Design District in the heart of the United Arab Emirates. Her fine jewelry...