The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March 1st, 2005
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, died Nov. 2, 2004. He was 86 years of age. In keeping with Arab tribal practice, Sheikh Zayed-who was well known for his statesmanship in welding seven constituent sheikhdoms, formerly known as the Trucial States, into the United Arab Emirates-was known simply as Zayed. His eldest son, Khalifa bin Zayed, succeeded him as president.
Born poor in the Ras al-Khayma town of al-Ein, long before the discovery of oil, as a young man Zayed lived the life of a bedouin. This taught him the values of simplicity and lack of pretens...
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