Meet UAE resident who sold wife's gold to buy old books, preserve Arab history

Khaleej Times · Arwa Almazrouei · 2026-11-06 12:26 UTC

Egyptian collector Mohamed Sadeq shares how he preserves UAE and Arab history through rare books and magazines, passing his passion to a new generation at the Sharjah International Book Fair

For some readers, an old magazine brings back their childhood. For Mohamed Sadeq, it holds a piece of a country’s memory that he has gone to extraordinary lengths to preserve

- PUBLISHED: Fri 6 Nov 2026, 4:26 PM

This Egyptian collector said he sold his wife’s gold twice to buy books and publications, adding to an archive that documents the histories of the UAE and other Arab countries.

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