I chose 50 people whose experiences I lived through, whether through the interviews I conducted or the long dialogues through the “Bassat Qalam” program that I presented on Sama Dubai Channel, or through their books that I read and were influenced by. I presented to you a summary of what I read of their ideas and philosophy, and before you sail with me, I want to say that There are other strong personalities, without a doubt, and many that I did not write about, and they deserve to be written about, but I chose these personalities because I lived through their experience closely, and they were 50 Emirati personalities that I present to my dear country (the UAE is in its fiftieth year).
في زمن كَثُرت فيه الأصوات وتاهت فيه القلوب… ستجد في هذا الكتاب عزيزي القارئ نورًا يضيء طريقك نحو السكينة والمعنى. كل سطر كُتب بصدق، وكل فكرة جاءت من روح خاضت التحولات، لكي تُلهمك، تُربّت على قلبك، وترافقك في رحلتك نحو النور
In this book there are pictures from the world of childhood in its openness to the world of adults, snapshots from the lives of children who receive their first lessons in the school of life and survival, and for the first time look out from the window of their reality and their ages at the world of adults and the prospects for the future that are shaped by an important historical and social stage, which is the Spanish Civil War: Seriousness, fun, drinking, singing, an atmosphere of war, and the sound of bombs. Waiting for a father who will not return, abandoning homes, being displaced from homes, and crossing lines. A life in shelters, a life in mines, the dreams of youth, and teenage love
