"Seeing her smile filled with life was the most beautiful thing in the world."

In this part, Sheik Mohammed remembers more anecdotes about the most important woman in his life: His mom Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He discusses the first present he gifted her and the time she enlightened him regarding a trip to London. 

"Poet Nizar Qabbani mourns his darling Balqis in his ballad: 

Balqis,

She was the most beautiful queen in Babel's history.

Balqis,

The tallest palm in the land of Iraq.

When she walked, peacocks walked with her, and deers would have followed her." 

"This poem helps me to remember my mom, Sheikha Latifa. I saw her strolling, trailed by gazelles she used to raise." 

"I gave my first present to my mom when I was seven years of age. I was remaining with Hamid container Ahmi, getting the hang of chasing abilities in desert. At some point, I saw an infant gazelle, whose mother disregarded him in the desert. Gazelles conceive an offspring far from their crowd, and now and again, terrified of losing the group, the mother hustles just a bit, deserting their infants." 

"Hamid's better half and I saw the mother disregarding the little gazelle. I went to it and embraced it. We sat tight for the mother until the nightfall, yet it stayed away forever." 

"I realized who could repay the child gazelle, my mom." 

"My mom cherished gazelles. She gave me an actual existence and would offer it to the child gazelle, as well. When I returned home, I gave her the child gazelle, and it made her so cheerful. Seeing her grin loaded up with life was the most delightful thing on the planet." 

"Despite everything I recall when she educated me concerning my first trek to London. She enlightened me regarding an unusual nation and another experience." 

"I was shockingly taking a gander at her when she revealed to me that I would rest inside an exceptionally tall building, not at all like what we used to do in Dubai, in light of the fact that in summer, we used to rest on the rooftop." 

"I will always remember the night when she enlightened me regarding the excursion. It was a year after my dad took his office in 1959, and I scarcely rested." 

"Who resembles you, my mom?"

In what he is calling his "incomplete biography", His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has broken his latest book, Qissati (My Story), into 50 chapters, narrating 50 stories in his 50 years of serving the nation. Khaleej Times got a signed copy of the book from the Dubai Ruler and everyday, we will be featuring excerpts from each of the 50 chapters.

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