Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid's leadership creates a resilient Dubai

Twenty years have passed since Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid assumed the reins of power in Dubai, as Vice President of the UAE, the country he loves, and as Prime Minister, watering rose after rose, and planting tree after tree, raising structures for Dubai to flourish and the glory of the United Arab Emirates to be realised.

Sheikh Mohammed leads the growth and development plans in the UAE, raising its economic pillars and charting the strategies for its bright future. Alongside his brother and supporter, President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, they stand as companions on the path to glory, with their project which is definitely the nation. The two leaders form one of the pillars of stability and the success of the unique national model, with responsibility and faith, to transform vision into tangible reality, known as the United Arab Emirates.

On the side of Sheikh Mohammed are his two sons and supporters, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. He instilled in them a love for the homeland and the essence of his experiences at the local and federal levels, so they would be part of the big dream, and contributors to achievement and the making of the future of Dubai and the Emirates.

Twenty years, and Sheikh Mohammed has been achieving his dreams in Dubai, Dubai's dreams in the UAE, and the UAE's dreams in the region and the world ... Dreams that do not stop, but rather move beyond the text, crossing the boundaries of reality to shape memory and write history.

In Mohammed Bin Rashid's vision, cities and countries which are content with what they have achieved begin to decline. Dubai and the UAE are in His Highness's philosophy, not a project which has an end, but a pulse of a nation that remains vigilant, fuelled by dreams, not to burn out, but to ignite a revolution of construction, development, and progress for the future.

Twenty years are not enough to achieve the dreams of Sheikh Mohammed who replaced the impossible with boldness, and impatience with vigilant haste. He conquered time with the speed of decision, and navigated crises through leadership, and changed the face of Dubai, but preserved its essence: ideas before projects, and people before skyscrapers. Mohammed Bin Rashid City is the city of opportunities.... It does not ask the newcomer where you are from, but what can you create...It does not think about who will come and when .. .rather, people of talent and ideas, traders and investors, builders and engineers, all living within the realm of the idea of Mohammed Bin Rashid.

No dates for dreams

Has the dream been totally achieved? Here, there are no specific dates for dreams, as His Highness has not drawn an end line for the dream in Dubai or in the United Arab Emirates, but always says: "We have not arrived yet."

This is his description that keeps Dubai a young, vibrant city, running and not walking, taking risks and not hesitating, daring amidst fear, and not recognising rest or satisfaction, its slogan being "Number One".

In the orchard of Mohammed Bin Rashid, dreams are projects with deferred implementation, not suspended wishes, and performance indicators, and work teams that do not fear failure, but believe in the path of experience, do not stop and wait, but correct the course, so ideas are born and renewed.

The dreams of Mohammed Bin Rashid, ideas and projects are managed with the mentality of a state, and global standards, and are implemented in the language of numbers, and the mentality of competition, and the spirit of entrepreneurship. They are not speeches to be told or slogans to be written, but cities, institutions and a lifestyle shaped by Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. Mohammed Bin Rashid does not monopolise the dream, but generalises it, and plants it in his nation, until the dream turns into a general culture embodied in a government that defies itself, a city that redefines developments, and a society that grows up believing that ambition has no limits.

The dreams of His Highness are energy to continue the race with the passion of the knight who does not seek a title, nor does he seek fame and the applause of the audience, the passion of the knight loyal to the idea and to the place that was once nothing and has become everything today... the knight always present in loyalty to Dubai and to the United Arab Emirates.

The dreams of Mohammed Bin Rashid do not stop, because they are for the future, for generations, for the coming decade, for a century, for 1,000 years, because they are for the most beautiful future.