Prepare a research report on ‘Al Ain Oasis, the UAE’s first UNESCO world heritage site’. Include appropriate pictures to support your report
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Life on the edge of the Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter—the world’s largest continuous sand desert—has never been easy, yet the inland city of Al Ain has persisted here for some 4,000 years.
The reason can be found in its name, which means “the spring.” For generations, camel trekkers headed for its leafy oases to drink its freshwater and sample produce grown in the shade of its palms.
That draw is still felt today. Clearly less modernized than Abu Dhabi or Dubai, Al Ain is now home to over 600,000 people and is a popular weekend getaway for locals (and visitors from nearby Oman). By comparison with the other cities, it’s relaxing and the humidity is low. More importantly, no place in the United Arab Emirates offers better access to the region’s traditional ways of desert life.
Before You Go
There are two big names you should know before visiting Al Ain.
It’s said—with varying levels of confidence—that UAE founder Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan was born here, under a tree, in 1918 (the museum at Qasr al Muwaiji gives background). By 1971, he willed a nation out of a rather motley collection of 180,000 tribal inhabitants. That the UAE sits on a sizable portion of the world’s oil reserves helped his case. Now there are over nine million residents in the UAE (88 percent are immigrants). And the likeness of Sheikh Zayed, who died in 2004, is found all over the country.
Another key regional figure is British explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger. After World War II, Thesiger leapt at an opportunity to study locust movements across the present-day UAE. He didn’t find many locusts, but he did take lots of photos in this “desert within a desert” over a five-year period. Eventually his experiences spawned a brilliant travelogue, Arabian Sands, which documents the nomadic, tribal life better than any other outside source. It’s fascinating. Thesiger traveled with the Bedouin by camel, wearing local clothes and speaking Arabic well enough to be mistaken for a Syrian. He eluded dangerous rivals and sought out elusive grazing spots by using dunes as markers. Thesiger wrote that it was the five happiest years of his life. According to a guide, one of his companions, bin Kabina, is still alive, living in Abu Dhabi.
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This green oasis in the middle of the Rub al Khali desert is a 4,000 year old city and UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Al Ain city, the Al Ain Oasis has been opened as the UAE's first curated UNESCO World Heritage Site visitor experience