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Exploring the legacy of the UAE's last pearl diver
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2/15/2025
The grandson of UAE's last pearl diver, Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Suwaidi, on the ascent of the UAE and its connection to the pearl.
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Prosperity or adversity?
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The whole thing that shaped up my grandfather and his generation and their ancestors and
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our ancestors going back is this beautiful blend of adversity and prosperity.
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Adversity comes from the danger of disconnecting from families for about one month.
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Out of 1,000 you get 10 pearls, approximately 1%.
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Sometimes it takes days to get this, sometimes months, changing from place to place with
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frustrations, with disappointment, and then suddenly out of this oyster comes a beautiful
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shiny big pot.
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All these blends of adversity and prosperity has created some sort of a social structure,
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both a social structure on the communities.
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We were globalized before even the setup of the UAE.
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Each civilization has passed through this, humanity has passed by this course and spoke
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highly about it.
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UAE and the coast of the UAE for 1,000 years known to be for one thing is the pearl.
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So we are shaped up from the talent and the profession of the pearling to diverse economy
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today.
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All this has been protected highly by the rulers and the families for about 400 years
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at least from a pearling business to diverse economy today.
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