Conclusion ( The Last Post )

In this article, the author, Johann Hari states that the little things that were said it can reduce the effects of global warming are nonsense. Small things like reducing the amount of travels by plane or switching from the regular light bulb to the florescent light bulb or using different means of transportations other than cars like bicycles and busses or even reduce the water and electricity consumption. The author says that we need to take big actions towards this crisis. Big action by his definition is to let the governments do something instead of people. The people as he say, are important but the little things that were mentioned before won't have a big effect like the government's. We should volunteer or even better, donate to green foundations like Green Peace or Friends of The Earth or Plane Stupid. Those foundations can twist the government's arm and force them to take an action and do something instead of looking out for themselves.

In my opinion, I totally disagree with the author. He says that people have small impact to what is happening to our world. If people from all over the world put hand on hand and decided to do the "little things", the amount of CO2 will climb down dramatically. I don’t say that the government shouldn't do anything about, they should and I think they are. I am talking about our government; they are trying to reduce their carbon footprint by setting penalties to those who don’t adhere to the rules, and by building cool cities, like Masdar City. They are trying, but most of the effort must come from the people, not the government.

Cool Cities (SDSJ)

Since the start of the industrial revolution, there have been problems associated with economic development. One of those problems is Earth and environmental issues. When we say that, we mean problems like rising in population and increasing in the amount of CO2. If we don’t solve those problems, we will need another earth to replace our own. We have to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the air by one half to live within the capacity of a single earth. In Japan during the last 30 years GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has gone up double percent while energy efficiency has increased 37% percent and oil consumption has decreased 8% percent. 90 percent of carbon dioxide emitted into the air comes from buildings and transportations. All this, led to the creation of cool cities. A cool city is a city that was built to reduce the CO2 emission and help with the global warming problem. A company named SDSJ is building the project and they are located in Japan. The types of transportation that will be used in Cool City are Monorail between cities, LRT, hybrid cars and solar ships inside the city. There are various zones in the city which each has its own functions. Those zones are the Business/public zone, residential zone, culture/sport zone and resort zone. A side of that , there are going to be some techniques like Putting an abundant of trees and water and natural breezes to reduce the heat. There are going to be two types of buildings. They are expected to reduce the CO2 by 80%. The overall percentage of reduction of CO2 emissions claimed in the video was 60%

One Planet Living

If everyone lived like an average North American we would need 5 planets.

If everyone lived like an average European we would need 3 planets.

If everyone lived like an average Emirati we would need 7 planets.

Our global footprint grew by 150% between 1961 and 2003. It is now 25% above the planet's biological capacity to support life on earth.

The WWF has developed an initiative called One Planet Living. It has ten guiding principles.

Masdar is going to be developed using these principles:

Zero Carbon: As a result of the increasing rate of CO2, our climate is changing.
Zero Waste: Products that are thrown away creates wastes and those wastes can create disposal problems and wastes valuable resources.

Sustainable Transport: When people travel by air or car, it participates in climate change and noise pollution.

Local and Sustainable Materials: The usage of destructive resources can escalate environmental damage.

Local and sustainable food: Unknown food quality and the harms of local system are all produced by the industrial agriculture.

Sustainable Water:Because of the pollution and the disruption of hydrological cycles, local resources of fresh water are not enough.

Natural Habitats and Wildlife: the over usage of natural supplies and the development of some natural locations have lost biodivesify.

Culture and heritage: As a result of globalization, local culture and heritage is being lost.

Equity and Fair Trade: Some people are living in poverty while some people can’t meet their basic needs.

Health and happiness: As a result of the increasing depart of wealth, health and happiness, questions are being raised.


I think that Masdar City will find difficulties in having a zero carbon.
The benefits and goals of the one planet living is:

1. “Build a world-wide network of One Planet Living Communities and other exemplary projects to demonstrate One Planet Living in action.”
2. “Establish One Planet Living Centres in each One Planet Living community as a focus for education.”
3. “Promote the imperative for One Planet Living and its guiding principles to catalyse change with governments, business and individuals.”

Why I would like to live in Masdar city.

Masdar city is considered the 1st step for the capital city of the United Arab Emirates to reduce it's gigantic carbon footprints. Masdar city , as they say, will have zero carbon and zero waste. I would gladly live in masdar city , because it seems that it would be one of the cleanest and greenest places in the world. In addition , it will change my life style to an active one . I will exercise in a fresh place. I can have fun and enjoy my time without feeling guilty about destroying our precious planet.

Is Abu Dhabi a Cool City?

Abu Dhabi is definitely on the right track regarding reducing their carbon foot print. I think Abu Dhabi is not yet a cool city but hopefully, will be one soon. As for your business, I think you should open a “Reduce Global Warming” store. This store sells all the alternatives that can improve the rates of global warming and life in general.

P & S: How to reduce our carbon foot print?

Our World, the world we are living in, is crying for help and no one is listening. We are abusing it everyday without even knowing about what problems and issues it may cause. As a consequence, we are facing now a major crisis that is called global warming. Global warming is measured by how big is a carbon foot print. Carbon foot print is a "measure of humanity's impact on the earth's climate through activities that emit greenhouse gases". I am living as if there were 3.24 planets. I will now present the problems that may lead to big carbon footprints and suggest possible solutions.

There are several important problems that can lead to gigantic carbon foot prints. One of the main problems is that we don't recycle. Recycling is an important factor that effects global warming. We can recycle papers, empty plastic bottles and cans. Another important problem is traveling. People, especially in the Middle East, travel a lot. In the winter and summer, the trips to countries double which means the airplanes burn gas which eventually, lead to big carbon foot prints. The last problem that I will discuss is energy consumption. We use a lot of energy either water or electricity which can leave behind big carbon foot prints.

For every problem in the world, there are solutions. One of the main solutions that can be applied is reducing the energy consumption. We can reduce it by simply turning off the lights when getting out of the room and close the water tap when unneeded. Another good solution that we can do is using alternative means of transportations that doesn't send out C02 to the air like bicycles or scooters. The last solution is that we could eat less meat. The lesser meat we eat the less we leave behind us big carbon foot prints.

In conclusion, it is not too late for us to change, if we follow the suggested solutions we could reduce our carbon foot print dramatically.

American Cool Cities

There are many American cities that became "Cool Cities". I will state 10 American cities that became cool cities and what they are doing to reduce their carbon foot prints. The cities are:


1. Seattle: They reduced global warming pollution by more than 60 percent by constructing green buildings and operating alternative fuel vehicles.

2. Washington DC: DC has replaced 414 of its polluting diesel buses with buses that burn natural gases.

3. Houston: convert a substantial portion of the city of fleet of cars and trucks.

4. Marion County/Florida: they use gas-electric hybrid vehicles.

5. The city of Scottsdale: has introduced Arizona’s first green building program which helps builders and home owners learn about how to integrate energy efficiency and water saving.

6. Salt Lake City: they changed 861 traffic lights to LED light signals.

7. Colorado: is working to produce 50 percent of the city electricity with renewable energy by 2017.

8. Charlotte: they switched from a gas only Ford Taurus to a hybrid Toyota Prius or Honda Civic and that would save city taxpayers approximately $800-1200 per vehicle including over $400 in annual fuel cost.

9. Twin Falls/ Idaho: Reduce energy cost and cut pollution by increasing the energy efficiency of its 11 schools.

10. St. Paul: they use a system that uses heat drawn from a biomass-fired power plant.

My Life In Lines

Hello everybody, my name is Obaid Hamad Al Mehairi. I am 20 years old which means that in was born in 1987. My birthday is on the 10th of May .To be honest, I really don't know what to say about my self. I study in the HCT and am in my first year and I am planning to study business as my major. I like reading English and Arabic novels. Classic novels are my type. I enjoy reading Stevenson's novels. From his wide library, I read Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Railway children. As a child, I had an ordinary childhood.

I was born in a big family where I had two grand fathers, two grand mothers, aunts and uncles. I am the youngest brother. We are six, Khalifa, Adel, Mohammed, Ahmed, Saif, and Me, Obaid. My father was in the army so as we grew we didn’t see him much. You can say that my mother raised us, so I am my mama’s boy. My mother is an exceptional and an amazing housewife. I know it my sound cheesy because it’s my mother and I am supposed to say that, but believe me, she deserves it. She scarified a lot and gave a lot for us to be who we are right now, I know when I say that I speak for all my brothers when I say that we are grateful that she is in our life and the things she does to us , we will carry it with us till the day we die. Maybe as you noticed, I have no sisters, I don’t know if this is considered a good thing or a bad thing. We are all bunch of boys. I was told that when my mother was pregnant, with me. They thought that I was a girl and that they have picked out a name for me and I was told that it was Mariam, they picked that name because my great grandmother, her name was Mariam. But it was a surprise when they found out that I am a boy. I am hoping that it was a good surprise. My older brother, Khaifa, works in ADGAS and he is married and has three children , Mohammed, Mira, and Khadem. The only thing that I can say about Khalifa is that he will be there for you, if you needed him. My second brother is Adel, he is still studying in the HCT, in the business department and hopefully, he will graduate this year. Adel is the funny one; he always makes me laugh and does all the pranks. I remember one time I came late from the movies and he knew about me. While I was going to my room, he hid inside my closet and surprised me. I swear to god that I felt I was going to have a heart attack. I kept running after him then we started laughing. Mohammed is next, he works in ADCO. Mohammed is more as a friend then a brother. He is the one you hang out with and play PS with, and go to the movies with. Ahmed is the toughest one; if you have a problem he always has a solution for you whether it’s a sane solution or a crazy one. Last but not least, my brother Saif. Saif is older than me by one year, he was born in 1986 and I was born in 1987. I think due to the small age difference, we became very close. I tell him almost everything in my life.

Before going to school, at age 3, I remember that I used to love Walt Disney’s movies. I remember that I loved watching Aladdin. I watched it all the time w hich I think at that age, has developed my Imagination a lot. In addition, it developed my English skills as a child. I started school when I was 4 years old. My school was Al Nahdah international School which was a private school. This was another reason for my fairly good English. I remember I had a teacher her name was Geraldine. I liked her so much, when the graduation day came, I remember that she hugged me and surprisingly, I cried. It was very odd of me to cry about a teacher or anything that is related to school because it was known in the house that I hated school.

When I was a teenager I was the quiet kid. I never made my parents go nuts. My grades were skyrocketing. I always get A’s in my subjects which thankfully, made my parents proud of me. There wasn’t any thing special about my teenage year except that I suffered from obesity. With the help of my aunt I went to see a doctor for my problem. With a balanced diet and exercise, I lost nearly 25KG of my weight. I was 92Kg and I reached 67Kg but I don’t what happened and when it happened. I lost control over my weight and I gained some of it. I am solving this issue right now and I hope that I will sustain my weight.

I have traveled to many places. Some trips were with my family and some were with my friends. I went to Malaysia, Turkey, KSA, the USA, and most of Europe. My favorite two places were the UK and KSA. I liked the trip to the United Kingdom because we had a lot of fun there with my family; we went to see madam Tuso wax museum. The statues were amazing, they looked so real. I saw a lot of famous people’s statues such as Julia Roberts, Sadam Husain, George Bush, Nelson Mandela, and many more. I remember on the same day that we went to the museum; we rode the “London Eye” after wards. It was very nice to see the entire city, but the funny thing was my mother. My mother was scared of heights and we insisted that she joins us in the ride. My brother Adel kept scaring her the whole time. It was funny. KSA was special to me because I went to see Makah and I saw the Kabba too. I can’t find the words to describe the feeling that I had when I saw the Kabba for the first time. I was so overwhelmed that I had goose bumps the entire time. In that trip, I went with my father and Mohammed and Saif. We spent most of the time in the Mosque reading Quran, and praying. It was very spiritual and holly.

As has been mentioned before, In My free time I love to read classic novels but I also love to watch TV shows. My favorite two TV shows are “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s anatomy”. I don’t have a lot of hobbies to be honest. I also love going to the cinema too. My favorite movie of all time was “Titanic”. It had won eleven Oscars. In my opinion, the movie should’ve won all the awards because this movie was so great that each time I watch it, it moves me. The story, the actors, the music, and many other factors had made this movie one of the best movies of all time. If I had the chance I would love to learn different languages other than Arabic and English. I would love to speak French or Spanish or Italian. I think it will help me a lot and it will widen my knowledge in a way that will be useful for me in the future.

This section is supposed to be the most important one in my profile. There is a person that I met recently and I got to know very good and he had a big impact on my life, a good impact. This person is my friend Nasser. When everybody see how close we are, they think that we have known each other since birth, but they don’t know that we met only 5 months ago. Before knowing Nasser, I was very closed and shut to my self. I didn’t have a lot of friends and to be honest, I didn’t believe in true friendship, because now days, its very rare to find a true friend that will be there for you when you need someone , or understands you , or be supportive without judging . Well, Nasser did all those things. I used to hear that there are some bonds that are stronger than blood bond. Well, now i know that this is true because i met Nasser. He has changed my life, to the better. I owe him a lot. Now, thanks to Nasser, I have friends, or even better, I have a social life. He had a big influence on my life; he changed my perspective to life. I know it may sound that I am making a big deal out but it is. Before knowing him, i always used to put a smile on my face , always. I always made people laugh. But underneath this smile, was a whole world mixed with happiness, sadness, loneliness, bitterness, and a lot of emotions. Now I don't have to fake a smile because knowing Nasser had put a genuine smile on my face. Nasser is like a brother to me. I remember one time he was going to pick me up from my house and we would go the cinema. He called me and said get out the house, i am out side. So i went outside and i didn't find him there, a minute after that i came. Guess what did he do, he almost ran me with the car!! It was supposed to be a joke but we laughed at what happened. This joke comes with every topic we talk about, and i am not planning to let him off the hook! So, i just want to say, thank you Nasser for all you have done to me and I hope I can be a good friend as you are.

In the future, I want to have a family, I know that hopefully, I will because as simple as it is, I am a family guy. I know that I will be a good husband and a good father too. I love children a lot and I know that I will love my wife too. How do i know that I will love my wife? Because I have never fallen in love. Ever! In these days, this may sound horrifying but from what I hear, the first love you will have will be the strongest and the most pure love you will ever experience. It will leave a mark in your life. I am waiting to fall in love with my wife and she won't be just my wife. She will be my friend, my love and my everything. I hope that I am going to a successful man that has a skyrocketing career and have great friends. If I could change anything about the UAE I would change nothing because I am madly and deeply in love with my country.

In conclusion, I hope that you have enjoyed my profile because I have enjoyed writing it. So, this is it, my life in lines.

Global Warming Video

This is our global warming video , My friend Nasser and I worked on it , i hope that you will enjoy it...






Click on the link if you want to download it
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8nrnso

What Abu Dhabi should do to make people aware of Global Warming

As we all know , Abu Dhabi has one of the biggest carbon footprint in the world . People should be more aware of what is happening in the world and about global warming . Abu Dhabi can do several things to increase the awareness of global warming within people , Such as:

• Write about the problem in Newspaper, magazine , and even in kids books.


• Prepare and host programs on TV and radio that discuses the problem with all its causes and effects and give possible applicable solutions for it.


• Distribute warning posters and flayers all over the city to make the people more aware to this problem.


• Have discussion groups and seminars that talks about the issue and give us tips on how to deal with it.


• They should put it in school's curriculum and teach it.


• Bring people who are aware of this issue to talk about it like Al Gore.

This way , the level of awareness will increase in Abu Dhabi and hopefully , the rest of the country.

Why Is It Called "An Inconvenient Truth"?

It is called An Inconvenient Truth because it is inconvenient for us to change our comfortable and enjoyable lifestyle just to make it better on our planet and it is inconvenient for countries to change the way they are living.

A "Very" Inconvenient Truth

In this eye-opening , terrifying documentary, Al Gore, previous vise president of the United State of America, is talking about one of the most dangerous problems that our world is facing nowadays, you probably know what i am talking about. Yes, it is global warming. Or as we can call it, "the 21st century plague". Al Gore states a very inconvenient statistics and facts that were very terrifying. He said if we do nothing about this problem, it will have a very very catastrophic consequences on our lives, sea lives and the wild life. The movie is one of the most influencing movie that i have ever seen in my life.

Introduction

If you open a newspaper or switch on the television or even surf the Internet you will definitely find an article or a program that discuses global warming. Global warming is the "21st century plague". The definition of global warming is simply, the temperature of the earth is escalating and getting much higher then the average. This problem is caused by a lot of different factors that humanity has caused such as our drastic life styles which leaves behind a large carbon footprint and the hole in the ozone layer. People and leaders all over the world are concerned with this problem because statistics showed that if we keep on living the way we are living now, this problem will implode and in the 15 to 25 years, there will not be a planet for us to live in. As a way of reducing the impact of global warming, Abu dhabi has signed to be a cool city and they are trying to reduce the city's large carbon footprint. A way of getting involved in this problem, Abu Dhabi is building a city that has no carbon waste and no emissions. I am going to use different kind of research methods and different topics to write a well covered project. in order for me to do that, i am going to use my critical thinking to achieve better outcome and get all the prospectives about global warming.

Critical Thinking: The key to open a closed mind

This is a summery for critical thinking. The meaning of critical thinking, how to become a critical thinker and much more . I hope you will learn something about it and simply, enjoy it! ^_^

Click on the link to view it http://www.scribd.com/doc/2606212/Critical-Thinking

Blood Diamond

Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that happened in the 1990s Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer , an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon Vandy , a fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare diamond, the kind of stone that can transform a life…or end it. Solomon, who has been taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields, finds the extraordinary gem and hides it at great risk, knowing if he is discovered, he will be killed instantly. But he also knows the diamond could not only provide the means to save his wife and daughters from a life as refugees but also help rescue his son, Dia, from an even worse fate as a child soldier. Archer, who has made his living trading diamonds for arms, learns of Solomon's hidden stone while in prison for smuggling. He knows a diamond like this is a once-in-a-lifetime find—valuable enough to be his ticket out of Africa and away from the violence and corruption in which he has been a willing player. Enter Maddy Bowen, an idealistic American journalist who is in Sierra Leone to uncover the truth behind conflict diamonds, exposing the involvement of diamond industry leaders who have chosen profits over principles. Maddy seeks out Danny as a source for her article, but soon finds it is he who needs her even more. With Maddy's help, Danny and Solomon get on a dangerous walk through rebel territory. Danny needs Solomon to find and recover the valuable pink diamond, but Solomon seeks something far more precious…his son. In the end, Danny had died but not in vane. He died for a nobel purpose, which was reuniting a man with his family forgetting all what he believed in. Maddy, helped to unveil the truth about the organizations that uses conflict diamonds with the help of Solomon. About Solomon, he moved his life from the destruction that was in Africa to London.

I believe that the movie was a very realistic and moving movie. In my opinion, i liked how the three main characters had joined together for a very good purpose. What i didn't like in the movie was that they killed Danny in the end . He should have lived , but again , this proofs that it was a very realistic movie. Other than that , i loved the movie a lot.

Lebanon: A Beautiful Country with a Sad History

Introduction

Lebanon is considered now one of the most beautiful countries in the world with its beautiful nature life and modern life style. Lebanon lies on the south-west of Asia. With this location, Lebanon is the link between Asia and Europe. It is surrounded by many countries. From Asia, there are Jordan, Syria, and Israel. From Europe, there are Turkey and Cyprus. Lebanon had suffered a lot threw out the history.


Modern History

Between 1943 and 1948, a lot of dramatic and catastrophic events had happened in Lebanon. In 1943, Lebanon had gotten its freedom from the France but there was a catch. Christians ruled the country or most of it and the Muslims that lived there had little power which was the spark that led to increase the tension between the Muslims and Christians. Another factor was the refugees that came from Palestine due to the Israeli war. The tension reached its peak in 1975 when the Christians killed a bus that was full of Palestinians refugees. As a result of that, the tension escalated between those two groups, there was absolute chaos. Massacres had happened and trust between the Muslims and Christians had collapsed. In addition, the Israeli army invaded Beirut killing nearly 20,000 people and that was in 1982. At last, in 1989, a peace deal reached. The wars and the massacres had cost the country a lot. Nearly 200,000 people had died, 3000,000 were wounded, and nearly a quarter left the country. As for the economic, it was paralyzed. Now days, Lebanon is the one of the tourism targets in the Middle East.

Lebanon Now

There are several good signs that indicate the recovery of the social and economic life. The nights are filled with fun again for both the youth and the elders. Restaurants and several shopping malls have been built. The most important indication is that nowadays, Muslims and Christians are living in harmony which a very good thing is considering that it started the chaos. Tourists come from nearly all the world to see Lebanon's culture and sights. Despite having all those good things, there is an "ugly" side for it. Living there is considered very expensive. Plus, Lebanon has one of the highest numbers of cars in the world. That led to an "awful" traffic problems. Another problem is the air pollution.

In conclusion, Lebanon is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It is true that it suffered a lot threw out the history, but the most important thing is that, Lebanon is still on its feet and will be forever.

Conflict Diamonds

Diamonds are considered one of the "Must Have" things in any women in the world. Diamonds with all its kind goes through many processes from extracting it to selling it in a jewelry store. Nowadays there are several locations where diamonds are found. I will now describe important locations along the trade rout these most valuable of rocks pass.

I will begin with South Africa. It has the biggest diamonds mining company in the world and the name of that company is De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Most of the diamonds there are mined in South Africa, in one of their 20 mines. The company control two thirds –which is around 67%- of the diamonds in the world. In the early 20th, the company kept their prices high by simply using monopoly. They restricted the amount of diamonds on the market. Another location is Belgium; it has a city which is considered the diamond center for 600 years. That city is Antwerp. In this city, different races are associated with the diamond trade like Indians and Lebanese. In this time, there are about 500 polishers and cutters are left in the city. 80% of the world rough diamonds pass through the city. India is next, as a source of diamonds.90% of the world's rough diamonds are cut and polished in India. They get their rough diamonds from several places like South Africa, from Dee Beer Company and Belgium, from Antwerp. As for workers, they get paid 40 cent for each cut and polished gem. Another country that has a growing reputation as a diamond hub is the United Arab Emirates. To be more specific, Dubai. This emirate has a deal that attracts every diamond trader in the world to the city. The deal is "50 year zero tax holiday diamonds for traders". The diamond business is worth £1 billion in Dubai. Last but not least, The United State of America. There are many artists and pop stars that wear diamonds. One of the famous pop stars is Beyonce.

In conclusion, the business of diamonds has its solid and strong structure in the world and is growing rapidly.

The "Dragon" Airport

In this article, James Reynolds gives us an idea of the progress that China is living now. While we are talking, China is impressing the world by building one of the biggest airports that the humanity has seen. It is even bigger than Heathrow airport. If we want to compare, it is twice the size and half the cost. Equipped with new technologies and style. The capacity of the airport will be up to 50 Million passengers per year and it only took them four years to build it. This revolution is applied on all the buildings in China. So, China "is now ready to outdo the rest of the world".

In my opinion, this revolution will have both good and bad impact. The good thing is that, it will make life much easier on China and it will make China's income much bigger. But the bad thing about it is that by building an airport that big, the number of airplane will increase which will escalate the amount of carbon die oxide in the air. We all know what that means, global warming.

My Favourite Picture Of All Times

The reason i love this pic is because i used to wear sunglasses when i was a baby , and now, i have this obbsetion for sunglasses . I love sunglasses, this shot was taken by my brother. Hw made me put the "Egaaal" , said it will look funny on me :-)

waiting for your comments guys and Miss :p

Abu Dhabi - On The World Wide Map

On Wednesday, the 13th of February, 2008, we went to the Emirates palace as a filed trip for our section in college with our great instructor Frankie. The purpose for that trip was to see the Masdar Zero-Carbon city model, Saadiyat Island exhibition and the Arts of Islam.

My first reaction to the Masdar Zero-Carbon city model was WOW! The modal was pretty fascinating. What I really liked about the city was the transportation. The design of the city was very creative and amazing, but the high light is that the model was that the city had zero carbon, zero waste, and zero pollution which I found that it will be a huge leap torwards "less global warming". If the project is going to be as expected, this will put Abu Dhabi on the map as one of the cities in the world that are trying to do something about pollution and global warming.

About the Saadiyat island exhibition, I think there is only one word that can describe what I saw, Huge! The exhibition has several major museums like the louver, and the Nottingham. What I am really waiting for in this exhibition are two things. First, the sheikh Zayed museum which will contain the details of his life and some belongings of him, may he rest in peace. The second thing is the performing center. At last, Abu Dhabi will have a performing hall.

Finally, we saw the Art of Islam. The gallery contained portraits, carpets, books, and many things that belong to that period. What really fascinated me was the Holly Quran. They had a holly Quran that is easily 200 years old but it was in a very good condition. Another thing that I liked in that gallery was the armory. I saw helmets, knives, and daggers that people used to wear in wars and battles in previous times.

Over all, I loved the trip and I thought it was very educating and amazing.