munchen 2007

munchen 2007

UAE before 20 years

More than 20 years ago, people in the UAE lived differently. Firstly, I will tell you about education, UAE was little poor in developing education to the people. The children were learning in the mosque it’s like school and the imam teach them Quran and how to write the alphabetical words. Although was the education for the boys only because old people at the past think that the girl must stay at home and there’s no need to be educated. Also, they have to marry at early stage. There was a lack of school and education. therefore, children did not find any support in order to increase their education. That was before they discover the oil production and when Abu Dhabi discover it there was about 20 school and approximately 4000 student and most of them was boys. UAE provides a comprehensive education system for boys and girls, with free education for nationals in governmental schools, colleges and universities.

week7 - UaE iN tHe PaSt

UAE in the past was completely different from nowadays . Twenty years ago UAE was simple . Firstly , people lived in tents, or huts made of palm leaves. Also these houses were very small compared to modern villas. Moreover, they didn’t contain any technique or luxury items, like warm bathrooms, satellites, bedrooms and TVs . Secondly, education in the past used to be stronger at teaching the values and the pure Islamic principles . In addition , they used simple tools in teaching and they used to sit in the sand or to sit under a huge tree . Before, they used to memorize or write on a camel leg bone or on a tree woods . Thirdly, transports are changed a lot in the past people used to travel by camel and horse . Also , traveling in the past take a lot of time , some time it took week or month . In conclusion, I think family life is better in some ways like transport, electricity and education , but in other ways social interaction between families is become bad .

Al Ain - week three

Al Ain is a fertile oasis city which I’m from .It’s located approximately 160 kilometers from Abu Dhabi . I love Al Ain very much . Although, we spend our holidays and most weekends there. we enjoy the time there because of visiting relatives ,going to the desert and staying with our grandmothers and enjoy her old stories and puzzles. There are also many tourism places to visit such as Al Ain Zoo and ice-skating. Families can visit the largest theme park in the region . Hili Fun City is the largest theme park in the Gulf Region which in Al Ain. Moreover, families can take a trip to the outskirts of the city for a camel ride or even an overnight camel safari amongst the dunes or an exciting four wheel drive journey over the dunes or through the wadis. I think that Al Ain is one of the most important tourism places to visit and spend their holidays in .

Week 2 - Ramadan

All Muslims of the world celebrate their holiest month of Ramadan. They celebrated during the ninth month of Islamic calendar Muslims in this month don't eat anything for more than 10 hours. In addition they fast from sunrise till the sunset. In this month everyone share with neighbors their food and that's why every Muslim likes it because their friendships become stronger. Also Muslim has to pray “Traweeh" and it's only in Ramadan Muslims can pray it. They have to read Quran and also to finish it. Muslim can do everything its good in this month because Allah increases their retribution. Although, they have to give people payment and it's called “Alms Tax"
Moreover, the Arab countries some of them give their people kind of holiday or they reduce their working time to let people pray and read Quran because like I said it's good for them. Allah rewards those people who do good things in their life.

music and dance in UAE

Music and dance in UAE take apart of culture and heritage of the country. There are many types of traditional dance in UAE. The most popular dance in UAE is AYYALAH. it is a groups of men, organized in such a manner so that they face each other, arms linked. Harbiya is another popular dance in UAE. Harbiya is also performed by two lines of men they face each other and they move together slowly and rhythmically. their voice were loudly , These entertainers may continue for half an hour or more without interruption .
People express their enjoyment by dancing in weddings. Everyone attending occasion is supposed to join the line or circle of dancers, and dance with them. While young girls dance by swinging their black hair.
Nowadays our youth handhold the tradition ,for example there is a competition of Yowalah , this competition gather all emirates .

week 6

How can we spend our free time ?

Our time is an important and a valuable thing in our life so we must spend our free time in a good way. Actually we spend most of the time watching T.V or sleeping. So, if we keep doing those things that are not meaningful, our life will become unsuccessful. Therefore we must learn how to spend our free time. There are many ways to spend our free time such as reading a book or a story that will help us not only to spend time but also to have more information that benefits us in the same time. Also sports activates will help, for example running or riding a bicycle for an hour in a day, for sure it will help us in a healthy way, consequently we can take care of our health by doing some exercises. Going shopping at the mall with some friends is an enjoyable way as we will chat together in deferent subjects and we will have a fun time, therefore I think it will make us closer to each other. Lastly, in my opinion we must exploit our free time to make our life more meaningful and enjoyable.

Relaxation week 6

Many people like to work overtime, and they don’t have time to relax. They are busy all of the time with the work environment. Therefore they do not have time to set with their family or with their friends. Not having a relaxing time is a serious problem because over the years that might cause stress on their lives. All people needs a time to relax ,even the person how feels that he don’t have any stress on his live needs to have a time to relax, and enjoy his time with his friends or with his family. There are many different ways of relaxation, like vesting a health spa, spending time with friends and family can be very satisfying. There are many forms of entertainment that you can enjoy, sports and hobbies that you can participate in. At the end the main target is relaxation. In my opinion relaxation is an important think that people need on their life because it helps people to think clearly .

Week 3 ,, - Stress Affect us badly,.

How do u think stress can affect people in the examination days? And how can u manage it?
Stress can be a pretty dangerous thing, because it may affect people badly. Many people get annoyed and confused because of the less time that they got, and some people can't manage their own time and how to study because of stress.
To manage their time in this condition, they must have a schedule to know what they will do in this morning and evening. Moreover, to feel relaxed, happy and comfortable. Drinking coffee is a good thing for studying because it makes us more active, plus they should put in mind that they will never fail an exam or will do bad; they can do their best in studying and revising well. In my opinion, we should not let the stress get us; however we should relax and get more time to be hopefully.

Week - 7 .. UAE 20 years ago

THE PAST

The United Arab Emirates is a federation which consists of seven emirates. The largest emirate is Abu Dhabi which contains the nation's capital city Abu Dhabi. It is one of the countries that are rich in culture and tradition which effects the lifestyle of its locals. And it is also my homeland.

Work in the U.A.E mainly depends on its oasis atmosphere and surrounding gulf, at that time they had nothing to support them financially other than the raw materials at hand.

Fishing, The Sea has been generous to the people of the emirates providing them with a reliable source of food. Hadra a type of fish trap by which fish were guided along a stake-fence and into a small enclosure where they were harvested at low-tide, or a moveable garghour trap woven from palm fronds, weighted down by stones, and baited to entice fish to enter through a narrow hole. Other than fish, there are turtles and dugongs also provided valuable protein. They were caught by stalking them through the shallows, from a canoe, and eventually diving in after them and literally grappling with them. Turtle eggs were collected from nesting beaches and most parts of the animal were utilized.


Boating, Crafts men who build boats used for transportion or during long fishing trips or pearling was a neccary trade. The Arab dhow is one of the most graceful sailing craft, the purpose for which a traditional wooden vessel was intended greatly influenced its design and still today craftsmen build working boats and racing dhows.


Pearls and Pearling, The lulu or pearl oyster provided a source of local wealth in the emirates, Pearl oysters are found naturally on many shallow banks in the Gulf. The pearling industry had transformed the traditional economy of the tribal population. Many families moved to live permanently in one of the coastal settlements, increasing, in particular, the size and importance of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Ramadan is a holy month week2

Every year there is a month called Ramadan and in this month all Muslims ought to fast from dawn to sunset. This month is very important to all Muslims because they become closer to GOD. They must not eat or drink until “Eftar”, even smoking is forbidden in the day time and it is not allowed for Muslims whom are fasting to smoke.Many habits changes in the holy month of Ramadan. Although Muslims have to help each other all the time but helping the poor people increases in this holy month by feeding and helping them and giving them money and clothes . Many people in the UAE make tents near their houses and serve food, “Eftar”, for the poor people. In addition, the government and the Red Crescent give food near the mosques during Ramadan. This might help in increasing the good relations between Muslims.Ramadan is a holy month and people have to respect this month and avoid doing bad habits. Furthermore, praying and reading the holy QRAN could help.

Before 20 years ago UAE was undeveloped country. However, now it is considered one of the fastest developing country in the world. It has change in many different ways like education, work and life style, but in my essay I will mention only one different between education now and before 20 years ago. Before 20 years education was still new in the country ,so they didn’t teach English a lot, only speaking, reading and basic grammar. All their books were written in Arabic like math , chemistry etc.. except English . But now days they don’t only study English as a subject but it is use in all the subjects except Arabic and Islamic. The other thing that is change is the teachers, before only Arabic people teach the student . Female teachers only teach girls and male teachers only teach boys. Recent years English teacher both male and female teach student wither they are boys or girls. The last change is that schools before were separated into boys and girls school but now they have mixed the student together into one school. Not all school have do it but most of it are privet. In my opinion I think there have been big changes but I don’t think it is all good changes.

lifestyle between now and before 20 years
Life in UAE nowadays is so different than before; besides, life style changed a lot because it’s developing day after day and it’s much easier than before; however, they used to live in tents in deserts and use camels & horses for transportation; furthermore, they use to dive in the sea looking for pearls for commerce. But people are developed now; as a result of oil (petroleum), people (we) are living in big-modern houses in an organized streets; thus we are using cars and buses for transportation, but we still ride camels and horses in competitions to live our history ,another point to add is that we make competitions about diving also to live our history, because history is very important for any country , as sheikh Zayed Said “who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future”.

peoples lifestyle and eating habits in the UAE

People in the UAE have changed quite a lot in the past few years. They started gaining a lot of weight and getting lazy and that’s all because of their lifestyle. I can describe it as going to work, sitting behind a desk all day, then coming back home, sleeping, eating or going out shopping. In the past 20 years a lot of things have taken a different lifestyle. Mostly peoples eating habits and work. In the past people used to eat traditional healthy food which used to be cooked at home with healthy fresh vegetables, oil and herbs. Which wouldn’t affect the persons health badly. But nowadays people often eat from outside they prefer to eat out at restaurants or fast-food places than homemade food. Because it’s easier to get and cheaper. Furthermore, they don’t exercise and that’s a really bad habit. Because eating unhealthy food can lead to many bad health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart attacks. And that’s what a lot of the people who live in the UAE suffer from these days.

addiction

As can be seen lately everyone is familiar with the word "addiction" . This term is used for describing an obsession such as drug addiction , alcoholism , over eating and gambling and so much more . People can get addicted to all sort of substances . Any addicted feels that he has no control over his addiction because the person's body becomes dependent on a particular substance it may make the addicted feels that he could die without his addictive substance . There are a lot of signs of an addiction like the changes in mood , depression , changing in sleeping habits , eating disorders or feeling sick when trying to stop . Unfortunately overcoming addiction us not easy , because Quitting drugs or drinking or any other type of addiction is probably going to be on of the hardest things you have ever done . The addict feels weak and shaky and he must get help from a professional to get rid of his addiction .

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is the capital of United Arab Emirates. Is that there are many states follows it like Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Um Quwain. However, Abu Dhabi is the capital but most of the people think that Dubai is the capital of UAE because it’s the life of festival. Dubai year by year it become much beautiful and recently everyone says it’s copycat from New York.
Abu Dhabi is more different than Dubai ;in other words, it’s the opposite of Dubai. It’s more quiet although all love working in AD because it’s much comfortable and nice place to stay. All of this is for his greatness highness sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Alnhyan who build the seven cities and he wished that Abu Dhabi stays the same and also he wanted it to be a desert because he feel better when he sees the trees and the sands covering the capital, everybody says that he feel comfortable also when he sees his people are satisfied with his result. Abu Dhabi will stay the important city in UAE; however, dubai becomes bigger.

Week 7

This week I would like you to write about the UAE 20 years ago. Focus on one of the following areas; education, work, family or lifestyle.Write at least 150 words. You will be assessed on how you use tenses.No mistakes = 6 marks ,1 mistake = 5,2 mistakes =4,3-4 mistakes = 3,5-6 mistakes = 27-8 mistakes =19+ mistakes = 0

Healthy food is less interested than the junk food

Nowadays people like to eat junk foods which is unhealthy food for the human body. It affects the body in a negative way, some people don’t care about what they eat or what does it cover. It has Many problems like, obesity, cancer, and high cholesterol. In researches of 1990, they saw that the hotdog and the cold meat cause pancreas cancer, the oiled food contains cancer diseases, the pizza let the diabetes pressure comes high, and the white bread causes diabetes(all these are the same mistake - try not to use 'the' when speaking generally using singular nouns). But in those days which we are living now, many people suffer from the (delete) bad health that they got, they need to eat healthy food to be a good human body again, like the (delete) broccoli, it has many vitamins, and it helps the body not to be affected by the (delete) cancer. In addition it helps the mood to be good. in my opinion to eat healthy food is better than eating junk food which let the people less exercising and feeling lazy.

There are some problems faced the teachers in UAE universities, particularly teachers who teach new students in “Zayed” university.

Those teachers receive students who are not yet qualified to go to university from high school. So they have tow tasks. One is to teach them the subjects and the other is to teach them how to respect teachers and other students. First, the most serious problem is that most students do not listen to their teachers. They ignore them while teachers are talking in the class and then start to chat and laugh. Sometimes they talk to the teacher in an ('way' is a singular noun) impolite way. Therefore, this hurt the teacher and also other students who want to study. Moreover, they go out from the class before the (specific time here) time finishes, although the teacher does not give them a (delete this) permission. Also, many students do not respect and appreciate the (specific teacher here) teacher’s trust. Sometimes the(need this here because the teacher is specific) teacher trust students to work in the class without him because they are responsible and big enough to be trusted. However, they take it as an amusement and free time. Also, many students interrupt the teacher for silly reasons while he is busy in discussing with another student.

In conclusion, many new students but not all of them- do not respect teachers by ignoring them while they are talking, going out from the class without a permission and ignoring teacher’s trust. Those students did not recognize that teachers in universities are not like teachers in schools. So they must be respected as well as they respect us.

Smoking

Smoking is a big issue in our life because it is causes many dangerous diseases for the person who smokes for example, Hurt diseases, lung cancer and stomach cancer. Smoking is forbidden in our religion .Because Islam Take care about Muslims life and body so it’s not allowed to harm ourselves.
The most smoker is from adolescence because they think they look bigger when they smoke and the cigarette advertisement show that the real happiness is when you smoke.
There are many ways help you to quit smoking. First, cut down the number of cigarettes you smoke. Second, spend your free time in places where smoking isn't allowed, such as libraries, museums and theaters. Third, remember that smoking is a sin in Islam.
Finally, smoking is a bad habit and its have many negative side so we should avoid it. In my opinion the government must make smoking not allowed in public places like parks and because it is dangerous for men, women and children.

Books

Nowadays books are abandoned because of development , others think that books only fits the early centuries , they also think that they are a slow source of information. But books are the origin way to improve yourself in all fields , even if you think of getting to know more about the things you love the most the first thing you would do is searching on the net to get the
information that you want.
Books are divided to many categories , my favorite are novels and psychology, so I read for many writers like Agatha Christie , Victor Hugo , Paulo Coelho , Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte ,Charles Dickens , and Shakespeare.Reading a book would cost you nothing but sometime , further more you would be travelling all around the world only by moving your eyes through the lines . In my opinion anyone who wants to have the Best investment in his own life should read much , even though the first word that our prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him ) heard from Allah was READ.

Lung cancer

There are too many kind of cancers. In this paragraph I will talk about lung cancer. Lung cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases , it is an ('uncontrolled' is an adjective so don't use 'an') uncontrolled . Lung cancer begins in the lungs. The lungs are two sponge-like organs in the chest. The right lung has three sections, called lobes. The left lung has two lobes. Lung cancer is a dieses that the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women. So we can see the impotence of this dieses . Also, people who have had lung cancer in the past have a higher chance of having it again, the risk of lung cancer increases with age. Although this dieses should treat in many way by surgery or by medicine . The best way to prevent lung cancer is not to smoke or be around those who do. Young people should not start smoking, and those who already smoke should quit. Everyone, especially babies and children, should be protected from breathing in other people's smoke. While some people believe that air pollution is a major cause of lung cancer . I think that the most important cause of lungs cancer is smoking . Finally , our government try to provide a new treatment to reduce this issue .

summer between enjoyment and benefit

In summer I have a lot of free time to spend on myself and I find that an exciting thing, because I would rather use it to improve my skills in some sports and hobbies than waste it on boring things that only take my time and don’t benefit me. Having a lot of free time gives me the courage to do stuff I like. There are a lot of things that I enjoy doing like, going out shopping, hanging with friends, reading books and playing sports. Ice-skating is an enjoyable sport, I really have fun practicing it, As well as playing basketball and swimming, they all help me build my body and be in a good shape. Reading is a skill that interests me so I try reading a lot of books because I enjoy reading plus I would love to improve my English language and vocab, it really helps a lot. Those are things a enjoy doing and benefit from at the same time.

Shopping now and then.

The UAE is going through a big development, everyday more and more shopping malls are being built. Nowadays when people need to buy anything they go to the shopping mall, where they can find everything. The mall can be in a big buildings and modern, you can buy clothes, food and furniture you can even find clean toilets that you can use. Before they have malls people used to go to the souk or small shops and they were very old and cheap. They didn’t have any cinemas in UAE before, or games like they do now and coffee shops.

RAK
RAK is short name for Ras Al Khaimah and it is the six’s states in the Emirates. It was ruled by Sheikh Sultan but from five years his son Sheikh Saud become the governor. RAK his over 75 areas like Masafi , Al Rams, Al Dhan etc. This state is most none by its mountain and seas . Therefore, the most common job is fishing. In the old days men work in fishing , finding purls , building ships and trading with other countries. Now days they still work in those fields and they use it to attract tours. There are many thing a tours can do like climbing mountain, fishing, shopping and playing golf.RAK has recently open a golf court because most tours are English. RAK also still have old building and house. As a result, many people come to see RAK history . Also, the building is use as the logo of RAK football team.
I chose this topic because RAK is my home town.

Week 6

This week you need to write 150 words on a topic. Your use of articles (a/an/the) will be assessed. Yuo can write about anything you like or if you have no ideas you can write about what you think of the survey about the UAE (summary here) No mistakes = 6 marks ,1 mistake = 5,2-3 mistakes =4 ,4-5 mistakes = 3 ,6-7 mistakes =2 and 9-10 mistakes = 1. More than 10 mistakes is 0

ShoPpinG

Shopping is the real joy for many people, it’s also an interesting thing to do in life. It’s a habit that people enjoy it, some thinks it’s good & also bad at the same time. There’s a few percentage of people think that it is wasting of time and there’s no meaning for it but looking at the positive side is that people need to wear nice things but also they must be aware to afford essential stuff because at last people will be bankrupt of unneeded things and it ends with many financial problems which may cause depression. In other hand, shopping is bad, because when a person have some issue problems or she’s depressed from something, in other words any kind of facing bad feelings, She finds that shopping is the best way to get rid away from all those bad feeling. In conclusion, nowadays people spend their free time in shopping, it’s good for having some fun but in other hand it’s useless. You have to manage your time because it will help you more in your future.

SUMMER

The summer holiday is one of the most exciting events in a person’s life, Especially students and people who work. So it’s a thing that a lot of people look forward to. Because it’s the time where they can relax and be relieved from the stress of exams, studies and work. The time where everyone has their own free time that they could spend however they like. Some people prefer to stay in their country and practice their hobbies and skills. Or they can try to choose a new thing to do like swimming, painting or reading. Just like me I would prefer staying in my country and exploring all the places that I have never visited before in the UAE. That would give me a background about my country and also a review about places to enjoy my time. Having a highly temperature in the UAE makes people prefer travelling abroad in the summer holiday because of the, So summer is the time to run away from the heating weather and try going to a cooler place and enjoy their time away from all of the stress in their daily lifes and experience something new something delightful and enjoyable.

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sutan ..~

His highness sheikh Zayed Bin Sutan Al Nahyan was the first one who ruler United Arab Emirates. He exerted all his effort to established flourish country. Since his ruled, the UAE had changed in many ways. Before UAE was mainly desert. In recent years duo of his effort our country became a famous developed country. His achievement were in roadways, modern houses, schools, hospitals and technology was used in everything. Also he support women’s to became successful by helping them to get more education.

The memory of his highness will always be in our heart and mind of his people. I hope Allah bless him and may save his soul.

Ramadan

One of the serious problems that face our community is divorce. Divorce as I think means when the couple can’t live with each other because of many reasons lead to it ,after divorcing the children, women and men will be effect. In the past divorce was rare but now it can happen in the first years of marriage, our religion order us to make it the last choose to save our marriage.
Divorce is a complicated issue has many causes, parents feel they cannot live longer together without fighting and anger, or because the love they had when they married has changed. Divorce can also be because one parent falls in love with someone else and have unfair relationship and many others like drinking or gambling but it’s rare in our country.
As a result of divorce the children will be effective for example they can’t find the love, secure and the care from parents. Also teen will have bad memories from their past and maybe they will become violent. Women will feel sad and has many negative emotions. The men will try to find another wife and he could has problems with his children because they think he is the reasons of all that.
Finally, in my opinion we have to think carefully before we decide to divorce, wives must be patience and try her best way to save the marriage with the husbands.

Buying new clothes for AL EID
Every year we have to buy new fashionable clothes for such an important event which is EL EID , all girl compete to buy the most beautiful ,expensive ,fashionable and well known brand clothes . parent before EID suffer from walking all around the malls over 10 times to find something that their kids would like and agree to wear, and of course teenagers and girls are the most hard people to satisfy .some people don’t get the purpose of EID which is to celebrate with friends and family wearing new clothes whatever they are like just to feel that something is new ; But in when it comes to me I have to buy the best clothes and no one have to be better than ME.

THE EID

in our religion we celebrate twice a year. the celebration day called al Eid. and after few weeks we will calebrate with Eid Al Feter which comes after Ramadan directly. in el eid the family gatherd and they ware the best clothes they have and all the children start to visit the nebohours houses to collect the 3edeyah. the edeyah is a money gived to the children to make them happey the celebration of el eid last for 3 days and the goverment make these three days a holiday holiday because some people visit their familiys in liwa or fujerah or any other places in the UAE .

Parents are having a great positive influence on us. And this influence remains with us throughout our entire life. The prophet Mohamed said that the greatest sin after worshiping other god but Allah is disobeying the parents. The Quran says that the one who want to please his god he have to please his parents. Satisfying your parent isn`t some thing impossible, you can have their satisfaction by the actions or the words. Try to avoid arguing with them even when your desires conflict with theirs. To succeed in your life is one other and important way to make them happy and to tell them to be proud of raising a good person like you.
And remember as long as you please them, you succeeded in gaining the god satisfaction and the success in your life.

The difference between high school and university

University is extremely different than high school, Therefore teenagers should think about which university they would join public, or privates . And they have to decide what they like to study. Some of the most important difference between university and school is taking responsibility, and rules. Plus managing time in the university is unlike school.

Firstly, Taking responsibility in university is not as school , student must take care and they need to rely on their self . Because in school teacher may helped them but in the university no one will . Therefore they need to work hard and study carefully. Plus they should focus and concentrate in the class. Moreover cheating in the exam is a risk and the student who cheat will withdraw from the university. In addition nobody can help him because this is the roles and students must respect it.

Secondly, Students should manage their time. Because if they don’t manage their time they well fail, and they may not pass the course . Furthermore students must know that in school they might excuse them for being late. However in university they might not. Because in the university there is deadline. So they have to finish their work in time, without any delay. And they have to be in the class on time. As well as they must know that in school teacher treat student as a teenager, so most of the time they sympathies’ with them, on the other hand in the university teachers treat students as adults. So they should take care.

Finally. These are the differences between school and university. And students ought to know these differences and they have to work hard to graduate . In my opinion student must respect the rules, and they must take responsibility, and mange their time as good as they can.

Reading is very important for all people of different ages who have to practice it.
There are a lot of benefits come from reading and there are three benefits are most important. First, reading develops our imagination, our way of thinking and expand our capacity of recognizing. Therefore, a lot of great ideas come while you are reading a book or a newspaper. That’s why many successful people says that reading is one of the top reasons to success in life. Also, reading is a main way to get information. It helps people to make a background about many topics, especially students who have much more knowledge about their studies because they always read. Moreover, reading helps us to be in touch with writers and with the world and makes us sensitive to global issues so we can know about many things in the world.
In summary, there are three benefits come from reading, It develops our imagination, cultured and helps to be close to the world. I think reading could make a hole nation inelegant and civilized. On the other hand, nations who don’t read, they will stay backward.

Eid is a special day for Muslims. It was decided by the profit Mohamed when he was walking in the village and he saw them celebrating a religion thing . So he decided to select two days so that the Muslims can celebrate and also they can get together and have fun. There is two Eid, Firstly is Eid Alfiter this Eid comes after the Muslims finished fasting in Ramadan and Fiter means eating after fasting. The second Eid is Eid Alhajj this Eid is after the Muslims comes from Alhajj and it also called the big Eid. This two days is celebrate the same way only there is a simple different between them. In this day all Muslims get up early and take a bath after that they go and were their new clothes and put perfume .Families get together to pray in the mosque for AlEid pray after that all families member get together to say hello the grandmother and grandfather and they have to respect them following that the women get-together also the men get together and talk with each other. The younger children go together and nook at people doors and say Eadea that means give as money because in the first day of Eid the adults gives the children money. The different between Eid AlFiter and Eid Alhajj is that Muslims should not eat anything before they pray in Eid AlFiter but in Eid Alhajj Muslims have to kill a sheep in this day a share with their families and friends. I think that this is the best time in the year because all Muslims can get together and celebrate this hole day. I’m counting the days in tell Eid comes because I want to go to RAK with my family and see my big family and also put henna (just kidding) .

droping out of school.

People drop out of high school for many reasons.

High school is very important and a big stage in our lives, however people leave School for many reasons. Some people stop going to school to get a medical treatment or travel outside the country because they dont get the right medical treatment here, so they have to leave and stop going to school. Girls nowadays prefer to make a family and getting married and not going to school , which is not good for their future because they will have to teach their children , but they wont be apple to do it without getting the right education and finishing their studies. Others drop out of school to work or get a job for money but that’s not a good reason either because there is a lot of poor people who work and study at the same time you just need to have a strong will to do it.

Al Ain ^^

AlAin

Al Ain is a fertile oasis city which I’m from .It’s located approximately 160 kilometers from Abu Dhabi . I love Al Ain very much , Although we spend our holidays and most weekends there. we enjoy the time there because of visiting relatives ,going to the desert and staying with our grandmothers and enjoy her old stories and puzzles. There are also many tourism places to visit such as Al Ain Zoo and ice-skating. I think that Al Ain is one of the most important tourism places to visit and spend their holidays in .

The best month for all Muslims <3

Ramadan is a blessed month when people fast. In this holy month people abstain from food and drink from dawn to sunset but they must also fast from sins and bad habits. They try their best to keep away from forbidden sights, sounds and anything that is considered to be a sin and ought to focus on praying and other types of worship. By fasting the person should learn patience, sacrifice, sympathy and self-discipline. This month could be a new fresh start for a lot of people because in this month good deeds should be easier for Muslims as the Prophet Mohamed told us that the Gates of Hell are chained and the Gates of Paradise are open.

it’s a month of caring and sharing amongst Muslims, a coming together of the whole community which should strengthen it. Moreover a lot of people will help the poor and give a lot of charity such as clothes, money, food and toys. Charity is a fundamental aspect of Ramadan wherein people learn how to give and share, by doing these simple things they could put a smile on the face of those less fortunate and that’s worth a lot to them both here and in the Hereafter. Many mosques provide food and shelter for those who don’t have a place to eat or sleep. Reading Quran is an important part of Ramadan. Muslims all try to compete against each other to see who can read more Quran and finish the whole Holy Book. People also socialize more together by visiting each other . Relationships, especially between families, become stronger in this month.

In my opinion Ramadan has changed very much over the last few years. People nowadays seem to concentrate more on the food they eat and the television serials they watch more than on the spiritual aspects of the month. Many people may also turn day into night whereby they sleep all day and stay up all night denying themselves the blessings of this holy month. Eid Al Fitr is the day that marks the end of the fasting period. It is the day of the new moon. There are special prayers and charity which Muslims must do. And afterwards the look forward to seeing their families and wearing the newest clothes and jewelry and for children the most important thing – receiving Eidiah (a gift of money)!

Dubai

Dubai has been the destination of tourists, investors and bargain-hunters

for years , and it has been so because of the chances and facilities

that are available . Dubai is also known as the economic city or almost the

capital city of U.A.E. around the world .


This big reputation has many advantages , such as making the economy of

U.A.E. growing much at the last few years, we now also have a cosmopolitan

society , further more we can have a combination of cultures , and the most

important result is having strong wide international relations.


But on the other hand , it can affect our Arabic identity, it can also

suppress our culture .

Being a famous city , and having such plans for future , doesn’t mean that

we have to give up our planning or stop thinking of having the most

attractive destination , or being successful just on the economic plane ,

rather we always have to look forward to become successful on all

levels.

Ramadan ^^

Ramadan is a time for spiritual purification a achieved through fasting . Therefore, fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam . so all Muslims aim to realize these five pillars in their life time.
In this holly month Muslims focus on purifying their soul through prayer and self-sacrifice because they need to be closed with god . Muslims aged twelve and older traditionally practice fasting and some of them who can fast until the sunset .The fast is observed each day from sunrise to sunset although the fasting is not stop eating it’s the time to stop all bad habits in our life and it’s the time for spiritual purification achieved through fasting . Muslims also have to find for givens for other , be more peaceful and find time to met relative and friends so we must take care for relationship. Due to this fasting Muslims must read the holly Quran and try to recited. Also they have more pray such as , eltraweh .
Ramadan concludes with a 3 days festival known as “Eid ulfitr “Muslims celebrate with their families and dress in their new clothes. At the same time, they increase their efforts to give money to the poor and give the children money known as “3edyah “>
Finally , Ramadan is the best month in the year and people feel more peaceful and we hope that all over months such as Ramadan.
“Ramadan kareem “ for all

Ramadan is a school

Ramadan month is a good school even for one person or for all society. At this month a lot of things changed by renewing the way of social, psychological and economical life. It affects our life in many ways and this because of fasting techniques.

First, fasting affects our psychology by teaching us how to be patient and how to have a strong determination. Many psychologists and researches urges to control our lusts and says, if a person could have everything he wants, this will help to be an upset person. Moreover, many medical centers use fasting as a treatment. Second, fasting is a time to change our life’s vision and to quit from selfness and to feel about other poor and hungry people. In some countries like UAE, many people starts to donate money and to make a “fasting tents” which includes food for any person who wants to eat in a time of “eftar”. Consequently, this will help the economic situation for poor people. In addition, Ramadan doesn’t only mean stop eating and drinking, but also means to control our reactions and stop doing bad habits. It teaches us how to resist. That’s why a lot of victories happened in Ramadan in the past. For example, if somebody was provoked, you mustn’t reply because if you did, you will lose the “ajjr” which means the reward by Allah. That means a person who is fasting should avoid intense arguments, lying, noising people, making problems with them and anything could hurt a person or a society. In this way, when each one make what he believes true as an application in his life by reforming the society and protect it, he will become a core of a strong society.

Now a days, Ramadan becomes as a carnival and a season for food and hundreds of serials. Only few people make It as a time for meditating. But If everybody recognized the philosophy and the real meaning of Ramadan, we would had this values in our society.

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Ramadan

Have you ever lived the magic spirit of Ramadan?Muslims around the world wait for this Holy month every year. It is true that during this month we Muslims suffer because we have a very special kind of fasting called 'Seyam'. Seyam means that we shouldn't eat or even drink water from dawn until sunset. Yet, Ramadan is the time of great joy and happiness. It is the time where you must share what you have with those who are less fortunate. It is the time you feel that you are closer to the Almighty God. You have to pray a lot and try to quit all those bad habits and behavior that you developed during the year.Praying and Fasting is not all . There is a lot of fun during this month. It is the month of inviting friends and being invited to Iftar Parties. If you have never been to an Iftar party in the UAE you have missed a lot. It's time you get yourself an invitation!

Ramadan is one of the most special month in the Muslim calendar.

Muslims believe that the arrival of Ramadan means that the time of forgiveness and kindness has came. They also believe that in this month the doors of hell closes and the doors of heaven opens. During this month Muslims have to fast all through the daylight and they mustn`t eat or drink anything till the sunset. Naturally, children love to imitate their parents, so most of them try to fast at least half of the day. Doctors say that fasting is good for child health as long as they can do it and parent have to make sure that fasting will not hurt his body.
Honoring for this month people should avoid doing the bad habit and stick to the pleasant work.

At the end of the day people gather at the table and the start eating, they are a great moment when you see your family united for good.

Ramadan is a holy and blessed month.

Ramadan is a holy month in our religion, and Qur’an was revealed for prophet Mohammad in this month. In Ramadan Muslims fast “sawm” from sunrise to sunset. This fasting should help the person to be patient, Also it might remand him to think about the poor people. So in Ramadan Muslims have to almsgiving for poor people, it’s called ‘zakat’. Zakat helps Muslims to be closer to Allah, In addition to prayer and reading a lot of Qur’an. In this month Muslims ask Allah for his help, forgiveness and avoid doing the bad things.

There are many positive habits in this month. Such as eating “Eftar” together, visiting our relatives and people feeling closer to each other. On the other hand the negative habits are Eating a lot of food, sting awake until the morning, watching Ramadan serials dearly, feeling laziness and less active. Therefore Muslims have to organize the time in Ramadan between religion and habits. l hope every Muslim will enjoy his time in this blessed month and “Ramadan Kareem”.

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RAMADAN

Ramadan brings happiness to all Muslims . it's a very important month to us because it spread the peace among us and made us more forgivable and giveness. It makes us feel other Muslims who suffer from hunger. after fasting all the day the family need to gather on a big meal called " aftar ". Another obligation we must do in ramadan is that we should give the poor people some money which called "zkah’’. Moreover we ought to stop listening to music because it is forbidden. Another thing we shall do is pray al trawee7 which is an extra pray at night.

ramadan

Muslims around the world wait for this Holy month every
year. It teaches us how to be patient and how to have a strong
determination. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims should abstain from food,
drink, and other sensual pleasures during daylight,it's strongly encouraged to
have the suhoor,or pre-dawn meal. It could help give the fasting person strength
and energy to go through the day.Fasting helps people to think about the poor,
they have to read more Quraan , be closer to Allah. They try their best to keep
away from forbidden sights, sounds and anything that is considered to be a sin
and ought to focus on praying and other types of worship and they would have
more time to spend with families and friends.it’s a month of caring and sharing
and brings happiness to all Muslims.

Week 3

This week I'd like you to write about anything you like. 150 words again. You eill be assessed on gerund/infinitve use so make sure you have used 6 of these. If you can't think of what to write why don't you write about how your family has changed over the years?

Ramadan

Ramadan is one of the greatest month for Muslims because there are many events occurred in it for example the holy Quran was revealed to Angel Gabriel, to deliver it to Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him).In this special month all Muslims must fast which mean that Muslims can’t eat or drink anything from dawn until sunset . Muslims (are)able to continue eating and drinking after the sun has set, until the next morning's prayer which known as fair prayer. Allah imposition fasting for many reasons such as, teach the person patience and humility. During Ramadan Muslims pray al taraweeh prayer after alasha prayer and ask god forgiveness for past sins and pray for guidance into the future. There are many benefits for fasting like getting closer to Allah, being more charitable, learning discipline and recognizing that one can change for the better that’s mean if one was disobedient they can become obedient. Finally, at the end of Ramadan Muslims will celebrate Eid alfitir. That’s mean ending of fasting period.

Ramadan

Ramadan is a religious month . the month which is believed that the holy QUR’AN was sent to prophet Mohamed ( peace be upon him ) .
During this month Muslims must fast . fasting means to stop eating and drinking from dawn until almagrib ( sunset ) restaurant shat down too until sunset after almagreb prayer . but that’s not all they must also stop telling a lie , slander and telling a false oath , that teaches people to be patient and to help poor and needy who cannot afford food .
During Ramadan Muslims go to the masjid and spend several hours praying and asking god for forgiveness and mercy , they also read the holy QUR’AN .
After Ramadan there is a three days holiday called EId-al-fitr which all Muslims wear new clothes and gather for a large meal ,and children collect money from family and friend …….

" Ramdan"

All Muslims of the world celebrate their holiest month of Ramadan. It is a special event in each Muslim’s life . Ramadan is a very special visitor that comes once in a year, it is a time for spiritual purification achieved through fasting, self-sacrifice and prayers. Celebrated during the ninth month of Islamic calendar, people should fast every day from sunrise to sunset. Fasting has health and spiritual benefits, but we must never lose sight of the main goal of fasting. Therefore ,the purpose of the fasting is to develop God-consciousness, self control ,improvement of health by reducing or eliminating impurities from the body, and to become aware of the plight of the poor, hungry and the sick.
It is an obligation on every adult and healthy Muslim to fast during the month of Ramadan. It is also the month in which the holy Quran was sent down from 7th level of heaven to the 1st level. According to the Holy Quran: “The month of Ramadan in which Quran was sent down, the direction for the people and guidance and clear signs of judgment; that whoso of you finds this month, necessarily, he should fast in it, and whoso is ill or on a journey then same number of fasting in other days; Allah desires facility for you and desires not hardship and for this, that you should complete the counting and speak of the Greatness of Allah, as He guided you and so that you may be grateful”. (Surah Al-Baqara).In Ramadan people must read Quran and help poor to clear away their guilt’s . During Ramadan, it is common for Muslims to go to the Masjid (Mosque) and spend several hours praying and studying the Quran. In addition to the five daily prayers, during Ramadan Muslims recite a special prayer called the Taraweeh prayer .people visit their family and friends, they spend nice hours together watching nice programs on TV and eating special sweets of Ramadan .Ramadan is also a time to re-evaluate one's convictions and deeds. It is a time to mend troubled relationships, give charity, find forgiveness for others, and refocus on worshipping God.
In conclusion, Ramadan is a time when Muslims concentrate on their faith and spend less time on the concerns of their everyday lives. It is repeated every year as a reminder and re-enforcer. We should Live moment by moment in Ramadan by praying ,reading quran and helping poor people. After Ramadan is completed Muslims all over the world celebrate their holiday of Eid ul-fitar., Friends and family gather around and exchange gifts and money.

Week 2

Hi everyone. I'd like you to write about Ramadan this week. Take whatever angle you like- meaning/habits/history/feelings etc. You must write at least 150 words to get a grade. I will assess your writing on only one grammar point. It is use of modal verbs. Please use at least 5 modal verbs in your writing. The deadline is next Sunday at midnight.Good luck.