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When Mohammed bin Rashid confused the eye and the mind!

Sami Al Riyami

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05 September 2021

The picture is more eloquent in description than hundreds of words, it is a few seconds in which the eye focuses, but it digs in the memory and the mind what thousands of words of description cannot do, and it documents and writes in history what a person cannot forget.

This is what happened when seeing two pictures of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, may God protect him, in the same place and the same angle, the first dates back to 2016, and the second several days before this year 2021, at the main courtyard of the World Expo, which will start in a few weeks. In Dubai, it is a few seconds in which the eye moves between the two images, to give signals to the mind that can hardly believe what happened, so it begins to think and compare the two scenes. Mohammed bin Rashid in his eyes looks of pride and pride, and behind him is an integrated city with its facilities, buildings and theaters, illuminated by colors, electricity and various stunning designs, waiting for visitors to Dubai to breathe life into it.

Whoever thinks that Dubai built an exhibition in four years is mistaken, because this is not an achievement in itself, and many can do it. Dubai did not build an exhibition, but rather built an integrated city with all its facilities and infrastructure in a few years, and this is not only an achievement, Achievement in insisting on success, continuing to work day and night, and facing huge challenges, with determination and will. That work continued, construction continued, and the clock in Dubai did not stop, and it reached its desired goal, to be ready to embrace the world, despite all the stifling and difficult circumstances. It is seen that this leader has no right to stand tall and proud while looking at a huge achievement that history will talk about for many years. Coming?!

Mohammed bin Rashid did not build an exhibition only, and “Expo” is not just spaces for the pavilions of countries displaying their human achievements. The “Expo” exhibition will last only six months, but the vision and vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid is deeper and far beyond those six months. His Highness built a city Complete in a few years, he proudly built the city of "Dubai South", adjacent to the Al Maktoum Airport, the largest in the world, and "Expo 2020", the internationally anticipated event, is part of this city, and this huge new city succeeded in attracting billions of investments, as it pumped The city has about 3.5 billion dirhams of investments in infrastructure and development projects, while the rest is injected by national real estate companies.

The city has become known to investors as the city of the future, the new face of the Emirate of Dubai, and the home of major investment opportunities.

The field is still open for developers and investors wishing to take advantage of the promising opportunities in this region, which will play an important role in supporting Dubai's leadership in regional real estate activities, being one of the best investment destinations in the world.

Isn't it natural, after this, that the mind does not believe the signs of the eye as they explain to it the differences in the two pictures that were taken of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid?!

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