Narrative Story Assignment: Friendship, Dreams, and the UAE History

This narrative story follows two close friends, Imran and Wasim, in the United Arab Emirates, who dream of becoming successful authors. Faced with limited resources, they seek inspiration from a professor and delve into the social history of the UAE to gather ideas for their book. A turning point occurs when Wasim is involved in an accident, leading to assistance from a famous author, Noura Al Khoori, who encourages them to pursue their goals. Inspired by her support and a quote from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the friends collaborate on a book about the UAE's social history, which is eventually published, fulfilling their aspirations.

Running head: NARRATIVE STORY
Narrative Story
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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It was a magic thought by the two friends that they wanted to sore higher into the world
of success. Two friends Imran and Wasim were very close friends and they wanted to use the
time for perfection so they could achieve their dreams. They wanted to be successful and famous
writers in their country, the United Arab Emirates.
However, they had very small resources of reading the works of the best authors and this
is why they ran out of ideas whenever they wanted to pen down some new ideas. They believe in
the saying that “Wherever you tread, your footsteps bud into great actions and whatever ideas
you say… they take to the sky and spread their wings.”.
Through this they wanted to break all the shackles and become successful in what they
wanted to achieve. In order to do this they decided to take ideas from one of their professors in
the college. They went ahead and had a conversation with the professor.
Professor: What are your career aspirations and how are you planning to achieve this?
Students: Sir, we want to be the successful authors and write a book on the history of the UAE.
Professor: Oh I understand. If you really want to write the book on the history of our country,
you will have to go through the social history of the country properly. Only then you will acquire
the proper resources to write down the book properly.
Students: Sir, tell us one thing. How could we evolve the various creative ideas and use it to
mould it into the book through the historical settings.
Professor: You guys should always pen down your ideas on the paper and consult with each
other properly on how you can improve your writing styles. This will be very much important to

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understand the writing styles of each other. This will make it easier for you guys to be
complementary to each other.
The two boys then went ahead to find some new ideas and they began to collect the
various study materials from the different libraries in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They had even
consulted the writings of the different authors in the country.
They found some important events that could be very much helpful for the overall
improvement of their writing styles. In the midst of all these things, Wasim had met with an
accident on the streets of Dubai when both of them were coming back from the library. Imran
was just 20 years old and he barely had much idea about how he should react. He went on to
approach the local passers-by to help him but none of them responded well.
However, the light of hope came in the form of Noura Al Khoori who was driving her car
to Abu Dhabi to attend a seminar. She was much concerned about this mishap that happened.
She had many contacts in contacts in various hospitals as she was a very famous author in the
country. Wasim got admitted in the MedCare Hospital in Dubai. Then he got well after a
thorough treatment. The famous author Noura Al Khhori had even sent him card in which she
wrote the best wishes.
She told Wasim to find the motivation within himself and write down all his creative
ideas properly. She also stressed on the fact that both Wasim and Imran would have to increase
their vocabulary and present their ideas in the formative manner. She advised Imran and Wasim
to take their ideas in the positive ways so they could yield the best fruits.

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Amidst these series of events, both the boys compared the famous author Noora Al
Khoori to be an angel like figure in their lives. Wasim also thought this event of his accident to
be a fortunate one since it had opened the doors for their new beginning to achieve their dreams.
Thus the lines “Wherever you tread, your footsteps bud into great actions and whatever
ideas you say… they take to the sky and spread their wings.”, by His Royal Highness Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum had been very much motivating in their lives. Later on the
two boys went on to write a book in collaboration on the social history of United Arab Emirates
and how the country came to be one of the Asian superpowers.
The book had been published by the famous publishing company of Dubai, Zamzam
Publishing. In this way the dreams of the two boys Imran and Wasim had came to be true indeed.