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When the people of Dubai talk about their elders, they must remember the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the builder of Dubai.What we see today was the seed he planted in the emirate since he took office in 1958.

Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed is known as a man of his time with his ideas, projects, aspirations and aspirations.The emirate flourished during his reign and became one of the most famous cities on the Gulf coast, a kiss for merchants, and a commercial stop for the rest of the world.

Here I remember a story I heard years ago when Sheikh Rashid decided to build the Dubai Trade Center, or as we called it at a young age, “Rashid Building.” The land was swampy, and one of them said, “The land is not good for building a 30-storey tower. Jokingly, he replied: It would be a test of how much the earth could withstand the tower.Although it was a joke that some saw as a joke, it was a testament to the confidence of Sheikh Rashid, may God have mercy on him, in his ideas and his ability to bring the dream to reality.

I was a child at the end of the seventies, but I still remember his movements throughout the city of Dubai, inspecting the project after another accompanied by his companions, planning and ordering and follow-up every small and large, as does His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum today.

Sheikh Rashid was a staunch supporter of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who pledged together to realize the dream of union and the establishment of the UAE. For citizens.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum says of his father: "Sheikh Rashid is my father, my teacher, my example and my school where I learned the principles, values, ethics, will and leadership, and the most important thing I learned from him was the love and good treatment of people." Ride glory and achieve the achievements that have not been achieved by others.

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