This story was written specifically for Emirati youth and adolescents and aims to connect them to their ancient past and their original environment and instill noble values in their homelands. The story takes a time from one of the most important periods of Emirati history, which is the end of the diving period and the beginning of the discovery of oil, to be an important turning point in the life of the hero of this story, which conveys in the context of its events the spirit Perseverance, diligence, and the values of patience and sacrifice, and enhance the sense of belonging and responsibility towards the land and society in its environment. We also note that this story develops the sense of communication with the sources of marine nature that have enriched the people of this earth. On the one hand, it confirms that fish wealth, with its abundant goodness, is a source of safety and reassurance. It also confirms that pearls With its high value, it is considered a source of struggle and an omen of happiness, and finally, oil, with its hidden treasures, becomes a symbol of luxury and assistance to all those in need around the world. The writer was able to establish these concepts indirectly and in a renewed heritage form that touches the understandings of new generations and takes them to the spaces of their fathers and grandfathers, thus achieving one of the most important desired goals. I hope that she will complete this work with a group of other works that come in this important context and are directed to the young people. Drawing them into the magical world of reading.
The hero of the novel “The Philosopher’s Dance” is a controversial strategic thinker. He worked and still is an advisor to an Arab leader. He took up his job after leaving Palestine on the run after he was accused of dealing with the enemy during wartime, namely Hezbollah.
This thinker or philosopher practiced political dancing. He theorizes democracy and secularism while working for a non-democratic, non-secular leader who supports extremism. He also believes in Arab nationalism and does not recognize Palestinian nationalism. He engages in a sexual relationship with his Israeli colleague (Tzipora), then continues the matter and justifies his actions. He describes it as resistance. He claims his love for his wife, Layal, and at the same time he lives with a Moroccan woman of Jewish origin during his stay in Britain. This woman plays a major role in the novel as a visual artist and has the ability to listen and remain silent.
The philosopher moves to reside in Britain and discovers an attempt to assassinate him by a Druze soldier who was working in the Israeli army. Here the novel sheds light on the reality of the Druze, accusing them and trying to do justice to them at the same time. The credit for thwarting the assassination goes to a man from southern Lebanon who runs a restaurant in London.
The philosopher receives a letter from a deported Palestinian who took refuge in Lebanon, asking him at the end: How do you feel in your homeland? The message affects him greatly, and he searches for the answer whenever he has the opportunity, and there are many opportunities, but he fails to answer. The question forms a basic pillar of the novel as well.
Although the novel is realistic, it does not follow an ascending ladder of events, and what lies within it is much greater than the events mentioned. The novel, as much as it is a novel of events and actions, is an intellectual novel, and here lies the difficulty of talking about it.
Short walk:
He says: Ahmed Al Mansouri....
More than one idea crowded into my mind, and I felt that the question was too deep for me to solve with a short answer, so the idea came to my mind to present short stories about the abnormal patterns of characters through the Instagram application, so I quickly implemented it, and within a few weeks the number of followers doubled several times, so I had to create a new dedicated account. To review these patterns and analyze them in a brief, easy way that can be heard in two minutes, I called it (a short walk). After more than 50 trips that I presented through this account, I decided to convert the audio trips into written texts, and provide brief positive values that are easy for the reader to comprehend and apply, and to reach the A wider segment, achieving greater benefit.