Pearl box unfolds UAE deep diver’s nostalgic stories
12 Jan 2021 Jasim Abdullah at his stall at the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival in Abu Dhabi.
When Jasim Abdullah opens his pearl box, it takes visitors to an exciting time in his life that offers unending stories.
The 61-year-old Emirati, who had worked as a pearl diver at his young age, is nostalgic about his adventurous deep-sea pearl-diving trips. When we were diving into the deep sea, it was more challenging and enjoyable. Diving in shallow waters did not offer me that much thrill, recalls Abdullah.
He knows that thrilling time will never come back but he is keen that the present and future generations should know the legacy of pearl diving that offered livelihood to many among the previous generation in the United Arab Emirates.
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VIDEO: Khorfakkan opens a new chapter of art and entertainment to the tunes of Hussain Al Jassmi and Angham
01 Jan 2021 Hussain Al Jassmi performs during Khorfakkan concert. Sharjah’s eastern enclave witnessed a new dawn of art and entertainment last night (December 31) with the new Khorfakkan Amphitheatre reverberating to the music of Emirati superstar Hussain Al Jassmi and singer Angham at the sold-out inaugural music concert held at the Roman-style architectural masterpiece situated on the city s mountains overlooking the iconic Corniche.
A dazzling display of fireworks lit up the skies as hundreds of eager residents and visitors lined up to enjoy a night of enthralling music at the latest cultural landmark in the Emirate, inaugurated last month by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.
Abu Dhabi body wins outstanding award for global biodiversity
27 Dec 2020 The population of dugongs in the capital city is the world’s second largest, amounting to 3,000. The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) has won the “Outstanding Contribution to Biodiversity Global 2020 Award by Capital Finance International (CFI.co).
EAD, the region’s largest environmental regulator, was recognised for the role it has played in championing the conservation of biodiversity in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Examples of EAD’s efforts in preserving biodiversity include continuing the legacy of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE Founding Father. Known as the First Environmentalist, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan expanded the network of protected areas to 19 areas, 13 of which are terrestrial, representing 16.9 per cent and six marine areas representing 13.9 per cent of the terrestrial and marine ecosystems, respectively.
December 27, 2020
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ABU DHABI The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has won the Outstanding Contribution to Biodiversity Global 2020 Award, by Capital Finance International (CFI.co).
EAD, the region’s largest environmental regulator, was recognized for the role it has played in championing the conservation of biodiversity in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Examples of EAD’s efforts in preserving biodiversity include continuing the legacy of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE founding father. Known as the First Environmentalist, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan expanded the network of protected areas to 19 areas, 13 of which are terrestrial, representing 16.9 percent and six marine areas representing 13.9 percent of the terrestrial and marine ecosystems, respectively.