Sharjah is home to 800,000 people and the third largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It's a coastal city on the western corner of the Arabian Peninsula (facing the Persian Gulf) and has a history dating more than 5,000 years. The construction boom that began in the mid-2000s has transformed Sharjah into a modern city with towering buildings and along with it traffic jams.
Before my first visit, my ignorance led me to perceive Sharjah to be a desert city with sand storm covered roads and lacking any traces of greenery - probably been seeing to much Hollywood movies. My perception was proved wrong, there are oasis of greenery in the city especially along the waterfront with its grassy lawns and palm trees. The greenery is a result of human intervention rather than mother nature taking its course.
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| Green covered lawn in the desert |
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| Planted palm trees |
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| Greenery near Al Noor Mosque |
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