Neel Shukla didn’t start crying till the president of the United Arab Emirates left him. He and his mother spoke with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for ten minutes as they showed him a piece of history that had been kept for fifty-five years: a negative of Sheikh Zayed, the late UAE founder. Only three minutes were allotted for the president’s audience. Protocol was strict as the seven rulers convened at the palace in Abu Dhabi. Neel stated, “But when he saw us, he came to us — and we spoke to him for ten minutes.” “This is the final document my father signed,” I told him as I handed him the negative. He requested that I give it to you.Sheikh Mohamed was moved.
Then his mother brought negatives of the founding fathers that had been painstakingly maintained for fifty-five years. “I can’t believe you have preserved this for this long,” Sheikh Mohamed remarked upon seeing that. These were priceless relics of history, so we had never revealed them to anyone. My father was committed to preserving the UAE’s legacy.Neel continued, his voice still full of passion, “We both just broke down when he walked away.” “We sobbed like infants. For my father, it was the greatest honor, and I wish he had lived to witness it.
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