«Memory of the homeland» and «external» narrate the founder's march at the Zayed Heritage Festival

The pavilion of Al-Watan Memory and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the most prominent pavilions of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival 2018. The pillars of the pavilions recognize visitors in general and young and new generations in particular, the history and stages of development of the UAE and the interests of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. God is all-powerful in all fields to build a strong state.

The "Memory of the Country" pavilion lists the march of the founding leader and focuses on three major periods of the late Sheikh Zayed's journey, as well as the Al Nahyan tree, the ruling family, and Bani Yas. The pavilion presents many pictures, documents and video clips of Sheikh Zayed with the founding sheikhs and Arab and foreign leaders and his calls for tolerance. He also presents pictures of Sheikh Zayed meetings with astronauts in 1970, photos of Abu Dhabi's participation in the 1970 Expo, UAE and its history, and a screen showing the words of Sheikh Zayed, may God have mercy on him.

Documents and Collectibles

Omar Al-Kaabi, Director of Um Al-Watan Pavilion, said: "The pavilion knows visitors to the first phase of Sheikh Zayed's journey when he was the representative of the ruler of Abu Dhabi in the Eastern Region and the Al Ain region from 1946 to 1966. Which lists the most important thing in that era that lasted about 20 years, and the interest of the late Sheikh Zayed, education, health and agriculture, in addition to the presentation of personal holdings of Sheikh Zayed, in that period, the coins and necklaces and the first books about the city of Al Ain ».

He added that the second era deals with the period of Sheikh Zayed's rule in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, highlighting his career since 1966 until the founding of the Union in 1971, advancing the pace of development in all fields and building the revival of the Emirate and its interest in agriculture, environment, education, health and heritage. And his volunteer work.

Al-Kaabi pointed out that the third era refers to Sheikh Zayed, Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004. The wing knows many achievements for Sheikh Zayed during that period, in memory of his memory and his interests in various fields of urban development to the development of education and health Agriculture, and others.

He also said that there is a children's section dedicated to digging the memory of the homeland in the minds of current generations to identify the founding fathers. The children are addressed in a modern way according to their aspirations.

Important station

For the first time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation participates in the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival with a distinctive pavilion that is considered an important station for visitors to the festival. His idea came from Sheikh Zayed's approach to foreign policy engineering. The pavilion also displays the history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the services provided by the Ministry.

The pavilion highlights many of the things that Sheikh Zayed supported, such as spreading tolerance and empowerment of women, foreign aid, and many of the old collections that the pavilion offers visitors.

One of the pillars on electronic screens also displays many of the services provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the public and the best services they provide, such as Tawfadi and Musafer, which provide health insurance for the citizens while traveling abroad. Travel to the individual is outside the country, where the Ministry gives him an emergency passport for one trip to facilitate his return to the country and then the issuance of a new passport.

The pavilion also highlights the empowerment of women in UAE diplomacy through photographs of seven foreign ambassadors such as Hessa Al Otaiba, Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Noura Mohammed Abdul Hamid Juma, Fatima Al Mazroui, Hafsa Ulama, Hanan Al Alieli and Nabila Al Shamsi.

One of the pillars presents photographs and statistics of foreign aid provided by the UAE to many countries around the world through the Department of Foreign Aid in the Ministry from 1971 until the present.

The pavilion also reviews some of the historical photographs of the State Department, such as the former Ministry of Operations building, the 1975 building of ratifications and a photograph of the late Sheikh Zayed with the first UAE Foreign Minister Ahmed Khalifa Al Suwaidi.

The pavilion in the middle of the pavilion displays some of the State Department's old holdings, such as old decks and stamps, as well as copies illustrating the stages and form of the UAE passport from the establishment of the state until today.

Power of the UAE passport

The pavilion includes a section of Sheikh Zayed's statements and pictures illustrating his relations with the Gulf, Arab and foreign countries and his meetings with the leaders, as well as the visitors to the history and strength of the UAE passport.