With the departure of the Emirati writer and diplomat, Dr. Hussein Ghobash, a professor at the "Saint Joseph University" in Beirut, last Tuesday, the Emirates lost an intellectual and cultural stature that left a prominent imprint on the cultural and research landscape in the region. In addition to his fingerprints in the UAE diplomatic work, where the deceased held the position of permanent representative of the UAE to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Immediately after announcing the news of the death of Dr. Hussein Ghobash, the hashtag that his lovers inaugurated in his name turned into a condolence book in which many writers and researchers from various Arab countries participated, confirming their grief over this cultural loss, and Dr. Rafiah Ghobash tweeted: 12) Reclining in it on your opinions, they do not see in it a sun or a flowering period (13) and they approached them with their shadows.
Cultural loss
Emirati writer Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Hussain said: “May God have mercy on Hussein Ghobash, and may God bestow his condolences for his relatives ... the disease has enabled him, and he is just entering the old age.” Describing his departure as a loss for the cultural family in the Emirates, describing the book “Oman Islamic Democracy” as the best of what was written by the late Dr. Hussein Obaid Ghobash, and among the best studies written by “Emirati writers”. This is what Dr. Aref Al-Sheikh agreed with, tweeting: “Yes, Abu Nabil. I agree with you in your admiration for the book“ Oman ”by the late Dr. Hussein Ghobash, and I add to him his latest book,“ Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, ”which, although he is brief, indicates that his author Understand the biography of the Prophet and then he is, may God have mercy on him, a scholar.
And the Omani researcher Dr. Aziza Al-Tai: “Dr. Hussein Ghobash was not an ordinary man who was passing through his thought, but rather a cultural intellectual stature that has a splendid presence in the Gulf cultural scene. A person who believes in his love for the land and achieving democracy there He is leaving us today with his body to a wider space, but his thought and his thoughts will remain a symbol that lives between us. We console ourselves before we offer comfort to their families. ”
Notable works
This broad appreciation of the late deceased did not come from a vacuum, but it is the result of his research efforts and serious concern about the political and social issues of the region. This was reflected in his books that were characterized by sobriety, accuracy, and references to researchers on the topics they covered. In the introduction to these books comes his most prominent book, “Oman Islamic Democracy,” in which he examined the Islamic Imamate system in Oman, a trial that spanned more than 1000 years. The interest of Dr. Hussein Ghobash on the issues of the Arab world in his book “Palestine - Human Rights and the Limits of Zionist Logic”, in which he presented a study on the Zionist allegations that it uses to promote itself, and dealt with the conditions and rights of the Palestinian human in Israel, and other axes that reveal the violations that the Palestinians are subjected to.
Islamic studies
In the field of Islamic studies, Dr. Ghobash has notable contributions, including the book “Sufism: The Journey of Those Who Walk to God”, which reveals a deep understanding of Sufism, going beyond rituals to meanings and connotations, and researching the true essence of religion, and the book provides a journey to discover the spiritual heritage and mysteries of Sufism. And his book "Muhammad: Light and Peace for Mankind", in which the late indicates that writing the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not just an ordinary historical record, as it happens in the other biographies of the rest of mankind, but rather it is a devotional act of worship for God Almighty, and he says about That: “Writing a biography is not like any writing. Rather, it is a metaphor for a pure act of faith. Reflection on the life of the most honorable Messenger is contemplation of the spiritual Mohammedan Islam, whose body (may God bless him and grant him peace) embodied his life in word and deed, so that his life and sayings are the lights. The radioactive of the written Qur’an, and experiencing the biography in all its details, and returning to the sources of the pure source of Islam, will bear fruit and purify the faith of the Muslim. ”
His books were characterized by sobriety and rigorous research, and references for researchers on the topics covered.
The late interest in the issues of the Arab world was highlighted in his book "Palestine - Human Rights and Zionist Logic".
In the field of Islamic studies, the late made outstanding contributions, including the book "Sufism".