Sheikh Zayed, The leader

His Birth

      Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was born in 1918 in Abu Dhabi" (Al-Abed2005). He was the fourth son of the late Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan. His father ruled the Emirate of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926. (Al-Abed) Sheikh Shakhboot is the older brother of Sheikh Zayed who ruled after the death of his father. During these years, Abu Dhabi was known as one of the Trucial States that included all the seven emirates of the UAE.

His Early Years

He began his early years learning the Quran with the Mulla who taught him the Islamic sciences, Arabic language, and the basic mathematics. Later his life, Zayed was sent from Abu Dhabi to Al Ain to spend his youth in the desert to learn from the wisdom and patience of the Arab Bedouins. He grew up there climbing the mountains, walking the streets, and hunting. The desert life reflected its wisdom and patience on him to form a famous man. He showed great interest in nature and its resources. He earned the respect and admiration of the people. He showed the features of an experienced commander due to his experience in the desert and its population and about people's lives.

His Early Roles

In the 1930s, Zayed was chosen to be a guide for the Prince Oil Exploration Company members at that time. (Davidson2009) He was in contact with the industry that noticeably changed his personality as well as his people. In 1946, he emerged as a representative of the governor in the area of ​​Al Ain. Zayed was chosen because he received the confidence and the love of people as well as the admiration of his brother Shakhbout. He succeeded in holding the responsibility of ruling this city and its nine villages. He achieved great accomplishments. He organized the distribution of water resources to make sure that water is distributed equally to all to increase production. His leadership skills supported the development of Al Ain. To expand the green spot, he initiated planting trees to add the beauty to make Al Ain among the most beautiful Arab cities.

 His balanced decision helped in solving many of the disputes between the local tribes as well as between some countries. His mediation between Saudi Arabia and Oman solved the problem of the three villages. His first diplomatic experience earned the respect and the admiration of all nations. When Abu Dhabi started the industrial revolution "in 1962 by exporting the first amount of crude oil" (Al-Abed2005)., Zayed determined to establish schools and hospitals and many facilities.  His first visit to Britain and France in 1953 shaped the vision of a better future. 

Ruling Abu Dhabi

Due to the economical difficulties in the past two decades, Sheikh Shakhboot was urged to give up power to his brother Sheikh Zayed on the sixth of August 1966. When Zayed became the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, he carried out the huge projects as of the first weeks of his reign. He built schools, hospitals, and paved roads as well as initiated housing projects. Locally, he achieved a lot by his dedication to the idea of unity.  The success in the unity of the nine villages of Al Ain paved the way to the unity of the seven emirates to make sure that oil revenue was spent on the development of the other emirates.  

Ruling UAE 

 "In 1968 when Britain declared its intention to withdraw from the area before the end of 1971" (Al-Abed)., Sheikh Zayed and the ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum called for unity between the UAE and Bahrain and Qatar. Although Qatar and Bahrain did not show the will to unite, the frustration did not stop the unity of the Arab Emirates on the second of December 1971. Without a doubt, the effort and the wisdom of Sheikh Zayed made the dream of Union a reality.  Since the United Arab Emirates was ruled by Sheikh Zayed, the country witnessed rapid development in social services, health and education, communications and technology, trade and commerce in a short time to a level that can be compared to developed countries.

His Leadership

Sheikh Zayed managed to follow the progress and prosperity of the UAE and retain the culture and the heritage unaffected by any change. Zayed was armed with love and appreciation of his people. He derived his political philosophy from the profound faith in Allah, the teachings of Islam and from his honest love and loyalty to all people with no discrimination. "For the modern history to record that few leaders were able to achieve these radical changes made by His Highness Sheikh Zayed in record time." (Davidson2009) All his achievements were made not only for his people, but also for the benefit of all mankind.

His International Achievements

His dedication to union made his dream a reality on May 25, 1981, when Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan chaired the first Arab Gulf summit in Abu Dhabi to declare the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council including six Arab Gulf states: Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. His dream to include Qatar and Bahrain to the union has expanded to include six states. "He was also chosen by an international body based in Paris as the leading figure in 1988," (ameinfo2004) for his role in stopping the Iran-Iraq war, and his efforts to restore relations between the Arab countries after the war. He was also a promoter to the union of South and North Yemen. In 1973, Sheikh Zayed supported the Arab countries in the Arab Israeli war when he stopped exporting crude oil to the foreign countries.

Sheikh Zayed has offered gigantic amounts of aid to a number of countries in the entire world. Sheikh Zayed has announced many personal initiatives and has funded major programs in Yemen, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, etc. In Lebanon, for example, he has initiated a program to clear hundreds of thousands of mines planted by Israel in South Lebanon after the withdrawal in 2000. In other countries like Egypt, Sheikh Zayed has offered aid for their infrastructural development program. Nowadays, you can find cities, projects, mosques, villages, universities, and hospitals are named after the late Sheikh Zayed (May Allah Bless His Soul) all over the world.   

Bibliography

1.      ameinfo.com, The legacy of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, from: http://www.ameinfo.com/sheikh_zayed_bin_sultan_al_nahyan/

2.       Al-Abed, Ibrahim (2005), United Arab Emirates yearbook 2005, London, Trident Press

3.      Davidson, Christopher M. (2009), Abu Dhabi oil and beyond, New York: Columbia University Press

Mass media

Nowadays, the mass media like the TV, radio, and newspapers have a huge influence on people’s ideas and behavior. I agree with this point and it can affect the societies with bad habits.

First of all, there is some advantage of mass media. Firstly we can learn from the TV if we use it in the right way like Islamic channels and useful programs. The radio is very useful for example in my country there is a program at 7 clock in the morning discussing the situation of the people; also in the newspaper every day we can read about other countries and what is happening there. We have this method we can use it in the right way to be useful for us but we live in an educated society and we can choose which is the right and the wrong.

On the other hand the disadvantage is too much in my opinion. Firstly, the mass media affect all people especially the teenagers and the children. The teenagers will learn from another culture and will grow with them and it will affect the society; for example in China the government controls everything even, the internet; they are showing only their programs and movies.

To sum up, the mass media are very useful and if we use  them in the right way we can learn from other countries. We also can see and know about other cultures in the world but we should not forget our country and our culture.

modern technology

The table and the two bar charts show the number of people using the modern technology in the world in 1999 and 2000

The highest number of PCs was 141M in the USA; it was in Dec 1999 with the highest number in internet hosts and internet users which is 65.9 M for hosts and 154 M for the internet users. The fifteen Europe countries got the highest number of mobiles phone which is 147 M in Dec 1999. The European countries have a big number of people using personal computers but Sweden was at the top with 67% in 1999. Also the number of people using the internet was led by Sweden at 55 %.

To sum up, the table shows that the USA has the highest number of PCs, internet hosts and internet users. The two bar charts show that  Sweden has the biggest number using the personal computer and people using the internet in the Scandinavian countries.

education

Nowadays, in many countries around the world the number of people continuing their education after the school has increased. Also the range of courses has also increased in the colleges and universities and some courses are delivered online or by distance. Generally speaking these are positive developments.

First of all, there are some negative aspects of these education developments especially for the countries which have huge developed systems of higher and further education. Firstly, the number of the students in the universities will start increasing which means in the future there will be no space for new students. Secondly, if most people have a degree it will affect the society because there will not be enough jobs for the people.

On the other hand, in the developing countries the expansion of higher education is a very positive development and the UAE is the best example of this. Firstly, the higher education will be very useful for the economy and for the country itself. In the last 25 years the education has seen the starting up of many colleges and universities. In the future the education will produce good people with perfect knowledge for society and it will be linked with economic development.

To sum up, there are some negative points but the positives outweigh them. In my opinion the educational developments are like an investment and you will always make a profit.

airline survey

The pie charts show the results of an airline survey in 2002 of economy class and business class travellers. The chart shows the percentage of male or female passengers who rated particular features.

The most popular flight features with females at 45 % is service and the second feature is the space in the plan. The food and drink is a good feature for females at 21 % but the movies was only 9%. The most popular flight features for males is the space which rated 49 % and the second feature is service which is 25 %. In the business class the most popular feature for males and females is the space which is 45 % for males and 41 % for females.

To sum up, the features in the economy class are different between males and females but in the business class they are very similar in all featuers. 

Fisherman and exporters

Fisherman and exporters

The graph shows the number of fisherman in millions for different regions in 1970, 1980 and 2000 and the table shows the top ten exporters of fish in the world in 2000.

First of all the highest number of fisherman was in Asia in 2000 and it was around 25 M fishermen and the lowest number was in Africa which is approximately 3M. But in 1970 Africa started with the highest number in the world which was nearly 12M fisherman and North America had the lowest number which was 5M fisherman only. The top country in the world exporters of fish was Thailand and the last country South Korea and  five countries from Asia were in the top ten.

To sum up Asia has the biggest number of fisherman in 2000 and the leading fish exporters in the same year was Asian Thailand.

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Portolio Task 2

Portolio Task 2

Nowadays many people move to new cities more than ever before. The method of transport is easier than before. In this essay I will explain the challenges facing these people and the strategies to meet with these challenges.

Many people who move from their country to another country are facing a lot of challenges. The major challenge is the culture because it will be a completely different culture from their culture. Secondly if you move to another country to study or work you will be away from your family and I think this is a very bad thing. Also they are living in a society with a different mother language.

There are a lot of strategies to meet these challenges. First of all the culture problem is a very big problem but there is a solution. You can make a research for all cultures and it will be very useful for our knowledge. Secondly in this century the companies have developed the smart phone and they create new programs like SKYPE so when we are away from our families we can use these methods to contact with them daily. Learn a new language is very good but also improve your English which is the world language.

To sum up, these are some of the challenges facing the people who travel for work or study and the best strategies. In my opinion there are the best strategies but there are different opinions between the people. 

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