“We were hugging a country, hugging an ordinary person.”

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, published on his official account on the Instagram platform a poem about His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. May God protect him, he said in it:

You and I.. tomorrow to those who grew up
We say to loved ones before the holidays
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We were young and hugged him thinking it was us
We embrace a father who has pride and principles
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But in reality, we were
We embrace a homeland, not an ordinary person
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