Thursday 30 July 2009

The Best Of Their Kind

A group of Emiratis came to visit our factory. They are young officials and trainees. At the moment, there is no Emirati working as an associate in our company. Working in a factory is not a popular choice for these privileged nationals of the UAE. I don't have much contact with these people as much I have worked with the Egyptians, Lebanese, Jordanians, Syrians and Palestinians. So when this group came to visit us, I took them for a plant tour. I had the opportunity to interact and understand them better.

These Emiratis are humble. Compared to the other kinds of Arab, they are less agitated and more liberal in their thinking yet they hold on dearly to their values and national identity. They are overly concerned about their look though they dress conservatively. They are peaceful and united. They respect their leaders and they are blessed with good visionary leaders to ensure their well-being and protected future. They are the lucky lots. Looking back, who would have thought that these once nomadic people who relied on camels for milk, falcon to find their meat and lungful of air to dive for pearl, could pin superlative achievements in today's map.


4 comments:

azizi said...

i was once taught several Arab students before, - i can conclude several typical traits. arrogant, lazy, and too many excuses. the reason because "we pay". Not all, but many of them. Ironically, most of my talented students were Arabs. A good one, with attitudes. The right one. I reckon, it is all about the right attitude. Nothing wrong to be modest, and humble. Universally accepted trait.

Luana said...

you kown, we always lissen in the news about the frontiers anda the wars in the arabic world. and i spoused (i dont wy) that you didindt interact whit each other , but kwon i see that is just crazy of course you interact the frontiers arent really there and not every one think the same i supose.
this is rellay good because, for exemple i only kwen the realty of the arabic world from the news and they just promoted wars and disaggrement, but since i found you i cant see another side of the reality, on frist hand, from your point of view, i dont fallow many blogs specialy internacionales but i really enjoy reading yours thanks.

and sorry i've seem to writen every thing in just one time lolol
and sorry also for my english i shall pratice more

=)

Azorian complements

Syamsulfaiz said...

Hi jumper. It has been a long time. I wondered whether everything is fine with you. Are you in Dubai or Malaysia? Give me a shout if you are free for late night tea.


p/s - I called you the other day but no answer.

Jumper said...

Azizi,
I was informed recently that if Hitler were to live longer and had a more successful modus operandi, he would kill more Jews and next on the list was the killing of the Arabs. Indeed, the Arabs are talented if they really capitalize their talent. But complacency as a result of the luxury they inherited, has somewhat stalled some of them.

Luana,
It's wise not to believe everything the media has to say. Humans are humans. We all have our good, bad and ugly sides.

Practice makes perfect. So don't shy away from expressing yourself in English, if you want to improve your command in the language.

Syamsul,
Quite busy lah....Anyway I'm back now and I'm just a call away.