USEFUL LINKS AND FURTHER READING

 
 
WEBSITES ABOUT RAS AL KHAIMAH & THE UAE
 
 
 
BOOKS TO LEARN ARABIC
 
  • “Arabic Alphabet”; Nicholas Awde; Lyle Stuart; 2000
  • “BBC Arabic Phrase Book”; Nagi El-Bay; BBC Books; 2002
  • “Courtesies in the Gulf Area: Dictionary of Colloquial Phrase and Usage”; SirDonald Hawley; Stacey International Publishers; 1998
  • “Introduction to Learning Arabic, Reading, Writing and Speaking”; Musa Dasouqi; 2006
  • “Gulf Arabic Teach Yourself”; Jack Smart; Frances Altorfer; McGraw-Hill; 2000
 
 
BOOKS ABOUT RAS AL KHAIMAH & THE UAE
 
  • “Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates”; Daniel T. Potts; Hasan Al Naboodah; Peter Heller; Trident Press; 2003
  • "A Taste of Arabia”; Jessie Kirkness Parker; Jerboa Books; 2006
  • “Dilmun and its Gulf Neighbours”; Harriet E.W. Crawford; Cambridge University Press; 1998
  • “Islam – a Short History”; Karen Armstrong; Modern Library; 2002
  • “Teach Yourself Islam”;, Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood; McGraw-Hill; 2007
  • “The Holy Quran”; translated by Allamah Nooruddin; Noor Foundation-International; 1997
  • “Sheikh Saqr - Fifty Years and More”; Graeme H. Wilson; Media Prima; 2007
  • “Portrait of Ras Al Khaimah”; Shirley Kay; Motivate Publishing; 2004
  • “From Trucial States to the United Arab Emirates”; Dr Frauke Heard Bey; Motivate Publishing; 2007
  • “Sheikh Zayed”; Frances LaBonte; Jerboa Books; 2006
  • “The Arabian Date Palm”; Frances LaBonte; Jerboa Books; 2006
  • “The Children Encyclopaedia of Arabia”; Mary Beardwood; Stacey Int.; 2001
  • “United Arab Emirates; a New Perspective”; Ibrahim Al Abed; Peter Hellyer; Trident Press; 2001
  • “The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf”; Sulta Al Qasimi; Routledge; 1986
  • “UAE Off-Road”; Tim Banks; Explorer Group; 2005
  • ‘Off-Road in the Emirates”; Dariush Zandi; Motivate Publishing; 2009
  • “UAE Underwater”; Carole Harris; Tony Schroder; Explorer Group; 2006
  • “Reef Fishes - UAE and Gulf Of Oman”; Richard F Field; Motivate Publishing; 2005
  • “The Emirates – A Natural History”; Peter Hellyar; Simon Aspinall; Trident Press; 2005
  • “Poems of the Desert”; H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Motivate Publishing; 2009
  • “Snakes of Arabia”; Damien Egan; Motivate Publishing; 2007
  • “Falconry and Birds of Prey in the Gulf”; David Remple; Christian Gross; Motivate Publishing; 2007
  • “The Shell Birdwatching Guide to the United Arab Emirates”; Simon Aspinall; Hobby Publications; 1998
  • “The Birds of the United Arab Emirates”; Colin Richardson; Hobby Publications; 1990