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Children's stories that speak to the history of their state promote their values of belonging and pride. This is the story of the "Ashes of Fire" of the Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation of Noura al-Khoury.
"The book deals with the history of civilization of the United Arab Emirates and young readers are familiar with many of these works, some of which are on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum," Al Bayan Mason Burber, Executive Director told Al Bayan. of the Fatima Bint Hazza Cultural Foundation.
Civilization of the Emirates
The book was published after Sheikha Fatima Bint, Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, founder and president of the Foundation, re-examined the importance of the 800-year-old Umm Al Nar civilization.
After discussion, the theme of the book was written with the author Nora al-Khoury, who in turn researched the artifacts discovered in the Umm al-Nar civilization, some of which are now on display at the museum's Louvre in Abu Dhabi. "I wrote the story in a way that begins with the present, and then brings the reader back to the past, to connect him to his Emirati identity and to find himself in the story.
Importance
"The importance of such stories stems from the fact that the UAE's efforts during this period to showcase the humanities, arts, and languages to be part of the culture of the student" continued the executive director of the Fatima Bint Hazza Cultural Foundation. "With these museums and the cultural movement, which is growing every day in Abu Dhabi, we have found that the student is aware of the country's history, its effects and the importance of the pieces exhibited at the Louvre Museum Abu Dhabi, which includes exhibitions at the Louvre Paris, alongside the civilization of the United Arab Emirates.
Historical information
The author of the book, Noura al-Khoury, said: "Out of 48 pages, I wrote a story for children aged 9 to 12, referring to a number of monuments discovered on the island and in the region of Um al-Nar, and then completed by the Iraqis in the sixties and seventies.
She continued with the archaeologist d. Walid Yasin al-Tikritki, who allowed me to use some of the images from his book on the civilization of Umm al-Nar, also went to Louvre Abu Dhabi and saw the artifacts discovered in the museum. The information was developed through events with Mohammed, the name of the main character chosen by the Cultural Foundation Fatima Bint Hazza, which is part of an augmented reality game, to live moments of imagination, to through which he discovers the antiquities of the UAE.
a photograph
"In addition to the drawings in the book" Ashes of Fire ", we try to include photographs of these antiques from the Louvre antiques and Tikritki's book.The writer emphasized that the purpose of this book was to to connect the Emirati student to his history and culture and to introduce young people to the distant past of the region.
Ideas
Mason Berber said that linking young people to their heritage and traditions made us think of books such as horse breeding, greyhounds and other books that would allow readers of 39, deepen their knowledge of the nature of their environment.
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