Juma Al Majid Centre

About Juma Al Majid Centre

He was born in Al Shandagah, Dubai, in 1349H. In -1930 A.D., in his youth, he accompanied his father on diving cruises that used to take place during summer. These trips have taught him patience and endurance. He learned reading and writing, in addition to the Holy Quran and Arabic Language, in local schools at that time, run by local teachers. Since those times he has realized the value and the importance of the book, when books were hardly obtained during that time. Juma Al Majid started his professional life with his uncle in trade, afterward, he became a trader. At the beginning of the fifties, he participated with his colleagues: Mr. Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Ghurair, Nasir Rashed Loutah, and with consent of Sheikh Rashed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum in the establishment of the first charitable society to help the needy of Dubai, so they established two secondary schools, one for boys in Bar Dubai, called Jamal Abdul Nasser Secondary School, the second for girls in Deira, called Amna Secondary Schools.