Fazza's Poems

63. Rashid

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.
— Marc Brown

A bigger picture of memory

The death of Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed al-Maktoum – the one-time heir to the crown of Dubai – seemed to have affected few more greatly than his younger brother, Sheikh Hamdan.
He made public his desolation by posting a poem:

"The word " Brother " which comes out from my brother's mouth,

Is the best word that can ever come out of a mouth;

Because it comes from his heart, before it comes out of his mouth.

I wish this grave knows how great is the man we've just buried,

How great he was, when he was alive,

And how great he is, when he is dead.

Ahmed, there is nothing else that we can do,

But to pray in the prayer and say:

"Oh you most merciful on your worshipers,

Please, protect him from afterlife agony. "

Before he died, our soldiers sacrificed their lives,

To protect this country;

May Allah give us the strength to overcome this,

And may his soul rest in Peace"

-Extract from Poem: Brother

Sheikh Rashid was the eldest son of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was born in Dubai on November 12, 1981.

Sheikh Rashid received school education in Dubai, and graduated from the Rashid Private Secondary School, before moving to the prestigious Sandhurst Military Academy in the United Kingdom, from where he graduated in 2002.