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Students of Ibn Khuldoon National School celebrated cultural harmony, peace and mutual respect with a series of social and cultural activities.
Arab World Day was presented by the Grade 5 students of the elementary school to parents, teachers and younger colleagues in Grade 3 and 4. It was a result of combined effort by the pupils and the teachers of the social studies department.
A brain-child of Lubna Al Alami, social studies teacher, the event was part of this term's curriculum activities. Mrs Lubna said: "Our 10-year olds have worked for over a month on this project and this is the result of all their hard work. They had to research on the economic, social, cultural and geographical aspects of all the Arab nations.
"The students worked on the projects as teams and presented their reports in class. Finally, they had to put together an exhibition that displayed their understanding of each culture.We have students from 10 nations in the school."
The day began with the younger pupils visiting the exhibits put together by the Grade 5 students. It was followed by a falcon show in which Shaikh Sultan bin Hamad Al Khalifa demonstrated the skills of his favourite falcon to his school mates.
Shaikh Sultan, 10, said: "I have five falcons. This one, called Ferrana, is the friendliest of them all."
The country stalls - Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine Qatar, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen - gave the visitors information on the countries' political leadership, culture, local artefacts, food and jewellery.
Palestinians Tariq Muhtadi and Raed Ghanayen, Iranian Rashid Mahrintar and Bahrainis Salman Duaij Al Khalifa, Salman Ameer and Hamad Jabber put together the Bahrain project.
Tariq, 10, who has earlier lived in Dubai, Algeria and London, said: "We had to collect information and pictures about Bahrain's kings, history and its landmarks. We needed to know about what items the kingdom trades in and the countries with whom we trade with.
"I think Bahrain is a very historic country and lots of tourists come here. I liked going to the market for the project and buying clothes, pictures and stickers."
The day concluded with students putting together a show where they performed Arabic dances, poetry reading sessions and a part of a Bahraini wedding.
Mrs Ghada Bou Zeinedddine, director of the elementary school, thanked the students and their parents for helping the staff put together a "fantastic day".
