Page 9 - ADU Voice Volume 4 Issue 2

Spring 2025 | Voice 8

C AP TIONS

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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
headquarters, which it occupied from
1985 to 2007 in AD Corniche

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Past and present from the same angle,
photo taken from the ADIA building

ABOUT MAJD

3 Majd Emad, a 30-year-old Palestinian

Past and present from the same angle, born in Abu Dhabi, created the Instagram
aerial shot page Abu Dhabi Memories in 2020 out

of his deep love for the city. Growing up

4 in Abu Dhabi has made him particularly

Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed I Mosque attached to its history, culture, and people.
under construction, in the background As such, on his instagram page, he shares
The Arab Monetary Fund building. nostalgic glimpses of Abu Dhabi’s past
and present, preserving its history through
the photos he captures and gathers from its
5 people. His page has generated over 60K

Newspaper cutout of H.H Sheikh Zayed dedicated followers, who share his love
next to an Abu Dhabi Airport car for the city. Majd is also hoping to expand
captioned “If it is time for prayer, he (lays outside of the online sphere; eventually
his cloak (bisht) on the sand and prays aiming to put together an exhibition
wherever he is.”
dedicated to Abu Dhabi’s memories in the

near future
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Past and the present, from the same SCAN TO VIEW PAGE
angle, the Old Souk

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Past and the present, from the same
angle, World Trade Centre