Emirate palace trip

We had a nice trip last Sunday 23rd October to Emirates Palace Hotel. I went with my class and listened to the GCC speekers that talked about financial and economic things.

The first period was from 9:30 to 11:00 am. They explained the international experiences for six countries, the Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Abdul Aziz Aluwaisheg was the speaker and he talked for about fifteen minutes. He talked about general international economic relations in the GCC. He talked in English and Arabic; also we had some translation tools. Also he talked about development and improvement in the previous years by GCC countries.

 The second speaker was Lukas Stemitsiotis; he talked about  European finance and some problems and tried to solve them.

The third speaker was Dr Aladdin Rillo, Chief Economist ASEAN. He talked about the experience of South East Asian nations. He showed the difference between Europe and the GCC and ASEAN GDP. He pointed out that the goal in his region was integration of capital markets. 

The conference ended with an open discussion and conversation to see if the people had ideas. I suggest our people should visit this nice big palace and see what is inside the palace. I saw some archaeological items from different countries such as Egypt, Greece and Rome.  

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The development of education in the UAE began effectively in 1962. The number of schools was 20, attended by less than 4000 students, mostly males. There was no infrastructure of basic social services, such as hospitals, housing, airports and there was a  shortfall in manpower.

History of Education in the UAE

The history of education in the UAE. In the first period humans developed themselves through self-education; at that time there were few teachers and some students with simple tools and basic information. Also teachers didn't have enough knowledge, so the development of education was slow in the UAE from the traditional pattern of the simple to the other form of education based on lessons and courses and systems. All teachers were from the UAE at that time because the UAE didn't deal with any Western country.

The first step of development was in the 1900s, when three major schools were established by pearl merchants in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah. The schools were staffed by foreign teachers who taught reading, writing, and Islamic studies. They began to teach students some basic English; after that they improved to some grammar and spelling; after two years of process they added some subjects such as, history, mathematics  and various religions. On the other side, the local teachers tried to teach students some Islamic subjects like al-Faqih and how to know the words in the Quran.

The first university in the UAE :

Provision of quality education in the United Arab Emirates : the first university was in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates University. Since then, the country has progressed with high literacy rates, modern programs and women’s share in education. Today we have several universities in the UAE.

Women and Education:

Emirati women have greatly benefited from education; and women have shown the UAE's ability to assume responsibility; Emirati women have several leadership positions in the State at various levels. They works with men in all government and private companies, and actually they have two jobs, work and home.  

To sum up, I want to say that the education in the UAE is improving every day.

references :

http://www.photius.com/countries/united_arab_emirates/society/united_arab_emirates_society_education.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates

Hedley’s trip

Hedley’s trip to the Niah Caves

Thirty years ago, Hedley, accompanied by his wife and elder daughter Kate, travelled from Brunei to the Niah caves in Sarawak, Malaysia. Actually he first visited Brunei around 1980; they used many kinds of transport like car, ferry and boat.  Also they walked on foot in some places. He always set out early in the morning, whereas he arrived in the evening at dusk.

He didn’t find any place to stay in or sleep because in Brunei they didn’t have any hotels. So he stayed in the rest house for the government. He walked to many places in Brunei but the important place is the Niah caves.

They saw a smelly long big cave. On the roof of the cave there were birds and the men were climbing to scrape bird nests and catch them to sell them to the Chinese.

They spent funny and exciting days in Brunei; also this trip had many adventures and they were lucky to see the men climbing the poles and the last funny thing was they also lost the reverse gear of their car.