Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), said the anniversary of the death of the late founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, will live on in the memory of all UAE people.
She said that residents’ hearts are throbbing with love for the homeland that Sheikh Zayed founded to be an oasis of security and prosperity for all.
In a statement marking the occasion on Tuesday, Sheikha Fatima said: “Sheikh Zayed left behind a legacy of giving, tolerance, and love. The immense feelings of love all UAE people, all those living on this soil and rather all people around the globe have for Sheikh Zayed are a testament to the fact that a man of noble manners will remain alive in the heart and memory of all people.”
“Though 16 years elapsed following his death, Sheikh Zayed is still alive for me as husband, father and an inspirational leader,” Sheikha Fatima said.
“In less than four decades, Sheikh Zayed did spectacular miracles. His noble deeds are and will continue to be an inexhaustible well of giving, loyalty and love for his homeland,” she noted.
The 19th of Ramadan is a sombre occasion for the UAE as people from all walks of life come together to remember the great man who changed the future of the nation
It was on this date during the month of Ramadan in 2004 that the late Sheikh Zayed passed away, which according to the Gregorian calendar, fell on November 2.
To mark the death anniversary of Sheikh Zayed, the UAE in 2018 declared it as Zayed Humanitarian Work Day as an occasion to remember the humanitarian achievements of the UAE’s diplomacy and its help to other countries’ people.
