So cool!
There’s a new history project that’s been initiated in Sharjah that aims to collect stories from residents over the age of 60 to share their life stories before after the developments in Sharjah and UAE as a whole.
The Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) has started a project to discover further about Sharjah’s historic Al Mureijah, Al Shoyoukh, and Al Shuwaiheen neighborhoods’ social and urban fabric.
“As there is little written or recorded documentation of the significant transformations these areas have undergone over the past decades, SAF will use the research gathered in this project to help compile and preserve a historic overview of the old quarter,” the foundation said.
Seniors who have lived or worked in such areas will be invited to speak about their experiences.
Noora Al Mualla, director of Learning and Research, said, “With this new project, we hope to learn about the history of these neighbourhoods through the voices and memories of an older generation. The stories we collect will both contribute to our understanding of Sharjah’s past while helping us to preserve this knowledge for the future.”
Interviews will be held with a wide variety of people who, in general, represent the areas’ residents over time. Individuals with a tribal bloodline unique to the Arabian Gulf, as well as those with family members from other regional and global backgrounds, who decided to settle in Sharjah between the 19th and early 20th centuries and up to the present day, will be among those who participate.
Will you do it?
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