Zayed’s everlasting spring of life

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One of the hot springs at Green Mubazzarah, the tourist resort at the foothills of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain. After months of drilling, water started gushing forth on July 4, 1995. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Back in the mid-90s, Sheikh Zayed came back to look for water in Al Ain.

00:13And one of the places that he went there is Mubazzara Al Khadra, the Green Mubazzara,

00:17which is now one of the most attractive tourist places for tourists to come from Dubai, Sharjah,

00:24and even Al Ain residence.

00:26So he asked the engineers or some people there, his staff, to search for water.

00:33And he brought some experts.

00:35And then asked him to, he said, I know or I knew that this place has some water.

00:41And he pointed to some places there and asked them to take photo, aerial photos, to see

00:49whether there is an underground water or not.

00:54The experts, the German experts, actually did their job.

00:58And they came back to Sheikh Zayed and told him they found underground water.

01:04On the 4th of July, 1995, Sheikh Zayed came to witness digging the silverite water.

01:19And then it was a happy day for Al Ain inhabitants, since the water is a precious commodity in

01:29a desert environment or climate, thanks to Sheikh Zayed's efforts.

01:34Before Sheikh Zayed, before July 1995, it was a deserted area.

01:42When he came, Sheikh Zayed, as all people say, he's a baraka, he's a bounty, wherever

01:47he travels.

01:48So when he resided there or settled there for a time and he inspected the work there,

01:55he created some kind of activities or family recreation.

02:00So he ordered building some playgrounds and some villa, and he told them to rent them

02:08for free for people, yeah, some compounds.

02:13He also designed Mubazara by himself.

02:17He didn't hire a consultant.

02:19So if you go how the big lake was drawn, Sheikh Zayed, how this greenery was spread, designed

02:25by Sheikh Zayed, how they wrote, Sheikh Zayed.

02:29So one of the consultants told me it was his design, Sheikh Zayed's design.

02:35So his design, his idea, and then he brought water, after he brought water, so he designed

02:40all these beautiful facilities, which people now enjoy.

02:43People doubted that Sheikh Zayed could be able to grow in this very sultry soil, but

02:52he challenged them and he succeeded.

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