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Aisha Al Kaabi
Aisha Khalaf Al Kaabi (Arabic::ar: عائشة الكعبي, عائشة الكعبي) (born 8 May 1973) is an Emiratis, Emirati poet, short story writer, artist, and translator. She has been a member of Emirates Writers Union since 1997. She won the Emirates Women Award in Literature and Art in 2011 for her book ''No Consolation for House Cats''. In 2012, she opened her own publishing house "IQRAni". Biography Al Kaabi was born in the Emirate of Ajman, on 7 May 1973. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's in Science from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). She started writing short stories when she was in the first year of studying biology and published her first book in Sharjah through a government-sponsored cultural project. She received her Master's degree, MA in Developmental biology and Tissue Culturing from the University of Arkansas in 2001. She has done and published some research on Cell Motility with both Paul Bell and Barbara Safiejko to at The Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajman
Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, it is engulfed by the larger emirate of Sharjah in territory. History Al Bu Kharaiban Nuaimi rule in Ajman started in 1816, when Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi and fifty of his followers took the coastal settlement of Ajman from members of the Al Bu Shamis Nuaimi tribe in a short conflict. It wasn't until 1816 or 1817, however, that the Ajman fort finally fell to Rashid's followers and his rule was endorsed by the powerful Sheikh of neighbouring Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi. On 8 January 1820, following the sack of Ras Al Khaimah by a British force led by Sir W.G. Keir, Sultan bin Saqr signed the General Maritime Treaty with the United Kingdom on 4 February 1820, followed on 15 March by Rashid bin Humaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
