Day 5

Good morning and welcome to Sharjah, an emirate state led by Shiekh Sultan Bin Mohammad
Al Qasimi. Today, our program is to visit 2 museums here in Sharjah.
First one is the Sharjah museum of islamic civilization. This museum was opened in 2008. It is
composed of seven galleries that displays its permanent collection. It holds thousands of rare
and important islamic artifacts.You can learn about islamic beliefs, science, discoveries, culture,
and islamic art here in the museum.
The last program here in Sharjah is to visit the Sharjah arts museum. This museum was opened
in 1997. It exhibits variety of collections and temporary exhibitions held by the museum. It is one
of the largest art museum within the gulf region (regions that located near Persian Gulf) With the
work of international reknown artist, Sharjah arts museum is one of the best tourist attractions
here in sharjah.
- First work = Restrospective by El Salahi (sudanese artist)
- Second = Considering Dynamics and The Forms of Chaos, by Angella Bulloch (German
artist)
We hope you had a great time here in Sharjah. We will stay at the club executive suite of
Sheraton Sharjah Beach Resort & Spa for the night. Please ready yourselves for tomorrow flight
back to Dubai. See you tomorrow.
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Today we will have our last meal at one of the best restaurants in Dubai called Ewaan. The first
dish is called tabouleh. Tabouleh came from the arabic word tabil meaning to spice. It is
originated from Lebanon and Syria and is a part of arab food culture.
The next dish is called grilled halloumi Halloumi has its origin in the Beduin tribes of the Middle
East and is one of the most popular food within the arab food culture.
Last but not least, we have halva as our desert. the name Halva is derieved from the arabic
word halwa, which means sweets. Its origin is still unknown, but people believes that the Halva
is a middle eastern sweet. It is one of the most well known sweets here in UAE.
As you can see, the food here comes from various origins, mostly within the area that used to
be the Ottoman empire. The transfer of food culture might happen during the ottoman empire
since basically, everyone lives together in one area would cause a transfer to happen..
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