The founder of modern-day Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, was once asked about the future
of his country and he replied:
“My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes, my son
rides a Land Rover and my grandson will ride a Land Rover, but my great
grandson will have to ride a
The late Sheikh Rashid of Dubai, father of the present ruler was a wise and
kind man. He was a coastal dwelling ruler unlike his contemporary, the late
Sheikh Zayed another kind and neighbouring ruler, the Emir of Abu Dhabi who was
more of a Bedouin, a desert roving Arab more at home in a tent
