The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, died on November 2nd 2004.
He was the architect of the UAE - the only federation in the Arab World.
Virtually every major newspaper carried an obituary of him. He was
widely acknowledged as Arabia's greatest statesman and was a strong
proponent of the role of the United Nations in solving world conflicts.
'Creative
Energy - Shaping the Emirates' shows how the UAE has grown from being
one of the poorest on earth to become one of the richest -
in only 30 years!
But Sheikh Zayed never measured success in monetary
terms.
"
Wealth is not money. Wealth lies in people. This is where true power
lies, the power that we value."
At a time when oil and religious intolerance have combined to place the
world on a knife-edge Zayed's achievements in creating a multicultural
society where tolerance and peaceful co-existence are at its core, resonate
more than ever.
His misson was to improve the lives of his people and
to lead the country into the modern world. This film shows how he achieved
that goal.
It begins with some brief glimpses of Abu Dhabi before
oil and then quickly moves to the UAE of 2004 -- exploring the secret
of
the country's
success
through the eyes of its own people.
Shot in HDTV, in September and
October 2004, this is the latest high quality film on the United Arab
Emirates.
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