Pages from the book: (The Seven Emirates on the Green Coast)

Pages from the book "e;The Seven Emirates on the Green Coast"e;Don't just read geography; you travel with a living pen that has lived the experience, moved around, witnessed, and recorded it. Ahmed Qasim Al-Bourini, an Arabic teacher from the 1950s, writes as if he's walking with you through the markets, sitting with you in the councils, and talking to you about the people and the roads with honesty and amazement. The book takes us on a realistic journey to the heart of the seven emirates: Sharjah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah. Each emirate is told from within: by its nature, customs, markets, people's faces, and the character of its rulers. From the smell of coffee in the majlis to the sound of guns at weddings, from the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah to the farms of Al Dhaid, everything is documented with a keen sense and critical mind. Al-Bourini doesn't present a glamorous tourist image, but rather conveys reality as it is: simplicity, wealth, poverty, openness, and tradition. He writes about the scarcity of drinking water, as well as the generosity and high spirits of the people. He writes about the beauty of nature, as well as the absence of schools and hospitals. This book is a living testimony to a time when the Emirates was pulsing with latent power, on the verge of exploding in the face of modern history.