SMCCU’s Rashid Ahmed Al Tamimi shares his love for Dubai
My Al Fahidi
I am Emirati and have been in Dubai all my life. Dubai is an amazing city and a very unique place to grow up and live. Under the guidance of our leaders we have gone from a small fishing village (01) to a cosmopolitan city where many nationalities live side by side. Al Fahidi is part of our history, and a charming area to visit with its unique architecture. You can explore the narrow alleyways, wind towers (02) and courtyards of the houses of the past. Al Fahidi is also home to the Sheikh Mohammed Centre For Cultural Understanding (03) (SMCCU), where we have various educational activities including our Open Doors Open Minds (04) programme where guests can join us, learn about Al Fahidi and a time gone by. I am a very social person so SMCCU provides me the same opportunity in my work to engage with our guests from many different backgrounds every day, which I love. It gives me great pride to be part of the SMCCU team, making friends with our guests from across the globe and sharing my culture and religion. During our guided tours, we visit the Diwan Mosque (05), which I still find so impressive. I’d also highly recommend trying out Arabian Tea House (06) for a bite to eat, and for a taste of culture, you should visit AlSerkal Cultural Foundation (07) – which is one of the oldest heritage sites in Dubai. It would be an honour to share my favourite area of Dubai, my culture, and religion with you at SMCCU.