Ahmed Al-Jafla is a tour guide. He is the protocol director and representative of the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cultural Center, located in the historic Al Fahidi neighborhood. Tourists or tourists take tours of the historic area, identifying them as Al Fahidi and its buildings, The gold market, and other places that shorten the history of the UAE. A special tour takes you to another life in Dubai, a life based on heritage and simple folklore, to succeed in closing the cavern in leaving a distinct image of the UAE with its contemporary and heritage facets.
Al-Jafla is mainly responsible for leading the touristic teams that come to visit Al Fahidi Village, as well as the Textile Market, as well as representing the Center at VIP lunches. The three-hour journey from the Al Fahidi neighborhood gives the public information about the size of the village, the nature of the houses and how it was built, then goes to the creek and passes through the gold market to complete the tour with a private trip to the sea.
Al-Jafla, who seemed happy with his work and the opportunity he has to offer UAE culture, told Emirates Al-Youm that he is keen to provide every piece of information related to this date. He always tells people in the tour that there is no stupid question. Asking a question, he needs to know the answer and information, no matter how simple or ordinary. He is also keen on cultural exchange. He also asks other nationalities about their customs and their common culture and UAE culture in order to open up to each other. The journey takes three hours, during which the visitors learn a lot of Emirati culture. First they start with hospitality. They enter the center's home and offer them Arabic coffee, to introduce them to the Emirati hospitality methods and dates. They are introduced to the best dates. About the mosque and Islam, while the Creek is the station where they stop for a quarter of an hour, talking to them about the navigational movement that can be seen in the Creek, and the boats coming from Iran, Pakistan, India, Africa and Sri Lanka, and the materials, explaining the differences between types of ships, and a ship Go to the Indian Ocean. "These houses are between 50 and 200 years old and have been built since ancient times. The merchants who came from Iran were among the first to build these houses," said Al-Jafla. "The towers are the ones who took him from the places where they lived in Iran." . "The reason for these traders coming to the UAE was because of the taxes imposed on them in Iran. The materials used in the construction of these houses are sea coral, stone and plaster, along with sandalwood. "These houses dazzled the citizens, and they started to build like them in Shindagha and in other places." Al-Jaflah enters the textile market, and explains through the market tour the process of Almkasrp through which the price of goods can be reduced before buying, and the goods vary in the market of fabrics between clothing and perfumes and fabrics, and most of them are sold wholesale, while the journey is in a boat to accommodate 20 people, The pots.
Al-Jafla said that the tours are a special tour for companies operating in the UAE, or public tours to tourists and residents in the country. The tour team does not know each other. Winter is the best time to do these tours. Where it is difficult to do in summer.
Lectures
In addition to tours, Ahmad Al-Jafala offers lectures on Emirati culture, but outside the historical region, he goes to the companies he hosts and provides extensive information about the UAE as a whole. The lecture is usually for an hour and a half, and through these lectures, he will provide a comprehensive idea of the UAE culture and customs.
• The hours of the tour begin with hospitality, pass through the mosque, then the creek and the cloth market, and end with a journey in Abra.