In the video: The story of Saif Balqizi, the oldest shipbuilder in Dubai

Dubai Economy produced a video about the march of Saif Balqizi, one of Dubai's old merchants, and one of the oldest who practiced the profession of shipbuilding.

The march of the late, God willing, has a great history in the manufacture and construction of ships, as he began his career in 1924, to establish Saif Balqizi Company for the construction and reconstruction of ships through the issuance of a commercial license in 1974 in the Al Ras area in Dubai.

Dubai's maritime history extends over centuries ago, as various trade and industry professions spread over it for many years, some of which continued to this day.

Among the most famous practitioners of the craft of shipbuilding is the late Saif bin Muhammad Balqizi, who began his journey in shipbuilding since the early 1930s and became famous for it, as his son Abdul Rahman Saif Balqizi tells us in this video:

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