Book review

04/13/2023 1The Sun of the Desert

M. Usman TahirA.S. No. 29Group # 4

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The Sun of the Desert


About the AuthorAbout the Book

UAE – An introductionBiography of Sheikh ZayedUAE – a welfare estate Foreign policy of UAEPolitical setup of UAEPosterity on the march

Critical AnalysisPositivesNegatives

Recommendation

Scheme of Presentation


Syed Shaukat Ali ShahFormer Bureaucrat Joined Provincial Civil Service in 1967Important Assignments:

Deputy Commissioner MultanDeputy Commissioner GujranwalaDeputy Commissioner BahawalpurDeputy Commissioner Rahim Yar KhanDeputy commissioner Dera Ghazi Khan

About the Author


Syed Shaukat Ali Shah

A famous travelogue writer

Column Writer – Now a days

Authored Four Books:

Sulagte Sahil

Jazire-Jamal-Ke

Ajnabi Apne Des Mein

Urdu Zaban-Masail Aur Imkanat

About the Author (Contd…)


“Human history is the biography of heroes”Carlyle

Biography of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan


Born in 1918

Siblings : Four Brothers

Named after his grandfather

Father: Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed

Became governor of Al-Ain in 1946

Became Ruler of Abu-Dhabi in 1966

Life time President of UAE (1971-2004)

Died on 6 November, 2004; age 86 years

Biography of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan


“I consider Pakistan as my second home and

Rahim Yar Khan as my home”

(Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan)

Services of Sheikh Zayed for Pakistan


Glimpse of Health Services

Sheikh Zayed

Hospital, Lahore

• Built: 1986

•Cost: Rs.300

Million

•Area: 58 Acres

•Capacity: 500

Beds



Sheikh Zayed

Hospital, Rahim

Yar Khan

• Built: 1990

•Cost: Rs.300

Million

•Capacity: 200

Beds



Sheikh Khalifa

Bin Zayed

Medical Complex,

Quetta

• Built: 1994

•Cost: Rs.300

Million

•Capacity: 210

Beds


Islamic CentersSheikh Zayed Islamic Centre

KarachiLahorePeshawar

Services of Sheikh Zayed (Contd…)


Towns & Housing SchemesMadina-e-Zayed No. 1

Built in 1976300 Houses2 Schools1 Mosque

Madina-e-Zayed No. 2200 Houses1 School1 Mosque1 Clinic



Towns & Housing SchemesMadina-e-Zayed No. 3

Built in 199090 Houses1 Schools1 Mosque1 Clinic

Other Houses at:Khanwala DesertLarkanaKot DijiCholistan



MosquesMirpur Sakro Mosque

Capacity: 800 People A school for teaching of Holy Qura

Mosque on RCD Highway near DalbandinMasjid-ShimshiRehmani Mosque at Rahim Yar KhanMosque in Habib Government CollegeMosques at Ghadir-al-Butt, Washuk, Gangian,

Singar Cross, Khuzdar, Khurmaji etc



Kirthar National Park

Area: 12 Sq. km

A wild life sanctuary

60 km away from Karachi

Houbara Research & Rehabilitation Centre,

Cholistan

Houbara Research & Breeding Centre, Kharan

Sheikh Zayed as Conservationist

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United Arab EmiratesComprises of 7

Emirates

1. Dubai

2. Ajman

3. Sharjah

4. Fujairah

5. Abu-Dhabi

6. Ras al Khaima

7. Umm al Qaiwain


1. Dubai• Capital: City of Dubai• Area : 4000 Sq. km• Sea Port : Jabel Ali• Beach : Jumeirah• Multi national Business Centre

United Arab Emirates (Contd…)


Glimpses of Dubai

Burj-Al-Arab


Glimpses of Dubai

Dubai

Islands


2. Ajman

• Capital: City of Ajman

• Area : 259 Sq. km

• Sea Port : Jabel Ali

• 16 km long Sea Beach

• 0.3 % of total area of U.A.E.



3. Sharjah

• Capital: City of Sharjah



• Sea Port : Port Khalid

• Air Port: Sharjah International Air Port

• Famous resorts: International Parks of Al-Jazirah

and Al-Buhaira



4. Fujairah

• Capital: City of Fujairah



• Sea Port : Fujairah

• Famous resort:

• Hajar Mountains



5. Abu-Dhabi

• Largest Emirate comprising 3 regions

City of Abu Dhabi

Capital: Abu-Dhabi

The Eastern Region

Capital: Al Ain

The Western Region

Capital: Zayed City



6. Ras al Khaimah

• Capital: City of Ras al Khaimah



• Comprising of two parts

National Museum

Al Nakheel



7. Umma Al Qaiwain

• Capital: City of Umma al Qaiwain


• 1 % of total area of U.A.E.

• Famous Resorts

Sinaya Island

Falaj al-Maulla Island



Posterity on the marchSheikh Khalifa bin

Zayed Al-NahyanThe (then) Crown

Prince of Abu-DhabiPhilanthropist of

highest orderAn environmentalist

by instinctFirm believer in the

unity of Muslim Ummah



Positives

Quotations

Good Page quality

Medium sized book

Use of photographs

Critical Review

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Negatives

1. Lack of logical sequence

Critical Review (Contd…)

CONTENTS

1. PREFACE 13

2. A RECKONER OF HIS HIGHNESS 15

3. INTRODUCTION 28

4. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 31

5. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-AN INTRO 61

6. BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH ZAYED 69

7. WELFARE ESTATE 79

8. FOREIGN POLICY 97

9. POLITICAL SETUP119

10. REMINISCENCES133

11. POSTERITY ON THE MARCH151


Negatives

2. Lack of substance


CONTENTS

1. PREFACE 13

2. A RECKONER OF HIS HIGHNESS 15

3. INTRODUCTION 28

4. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 31

5. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-AN INTRO 61

6. BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH ZAYED 69

7. WELFARE ESTATE 79

8. FOREIGN POLICY 97

9. POLITICAL SETUP119

10. REMINISCENCES133

11. POSTERITY ON THE MARCH151


Negatives

3. Lack of proof reading

“Harmaceutical”

instead of

“Pharmaceutical”

(Page 87)

“Mill” instead of

“Mills” (Page 92)



Negatives

4. Wrong statistics

“World is left with

150 years oil”

(Page 84)



Negatives (Contd…)

5. “Zaeef” Hadith

“Seek knowledge if you have to go to China”

(Page 41)

6. Lack of statistics

7. No Bibliography at all

8. Only one side of the picture



Negatives

9. Title itself

The SUN of the

Desert

OR

The SON of the

Desert



Recommendation


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