Al Shindagah

POLITICS ©Shutterstock 4 | Al Shindagah | Issue 140 No chink in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the UAE he two countries forming the solid backbone of our region in turmoil are the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose leaders have consistently displayed great strength, wisdom as well as loyalty to their people and to each other. And never more so than nowadays! Our mutual enemies dream of dividing us, weakening us, setting us against each other using falsehoods and innuendos but they can never succeed. Rest assured that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the UAE understand their nefarious games only too well. Emiratis and Saudis are brothers sharing the same faith, language, culture, traditions, tribal roots and, in many cases, the same bloodlines. The food we eat is similar. We admire the same heroes and poets. In short, our ties have been solidified by our leaders over generations and go back long before God’s word was delivered to the Prophet Mohamed (PBUH). They extend back beyond the lifetime of Hatim Al-Taee, a beloved poet from Ha’il, renowned for his exceptional generosity, who died in 578. Growing up, the phrase “More generous than Hatim” was commonly used. Our forefathers were also inspired by the bravery of Antarah bin Shaddad from Najd, a slave T Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor • Published in the media on 6 February 2018