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Photos and Text by MUHAMMED NOUSHAD As we were traveling in the northern UAE, we chanced upon this simple, beautiful mosque: Al Bidya masjid, named after the village where it stands. Still functional, Al Bidya mosque is believed to be the oldest surviving mosque in the UAE, situated in rural Fujairah, close to the Arabian Sea, 14 km away from
» Read moreThe real magic was in store after the show. A blind boy’s joy. His poor nanny’s love and compassion. No magic wand has ever been as powerful as a loving hand. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD remembers a magic show he happened to see with a visually challenged child. There was a magic show going on in the children’s pavilion at the 30th edition of
» Read moreConveying somber mood over his non-participation this year, MUHAMMED NOUSHAD remembers the 30th Sharjah International Book Fair and the encounters he had with the people and books during the fair, as the event this year has ended last week. In a November midnight in 2011, Ali Ahsan and I landed in Sharjah Airport, to attend the 30th Sharjah International Book
» Read moreDesert is an ever-alluring captivation. A note on a desert ride in the UAE. Life in its completeness; you can see it only in a desert, wrote Muhammed Asad, the legendary scholar and one of the most gifted travelers ever lived. To remember this now, I have not reached any real deep desert; just a few miles off-road, somewhere between
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