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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: Sheikh Khalifa’s legacy
Description: President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed died on May 13, 2022, at the age of 73.
He was born in September 1948, before the UAE existed as a single nation and before the discovery of oil in the Emirates.
In his lifetime he saw the rise of the nation from a collection of Bedouin and fishing villages to one of the leading and most competitive economies in the Middle East.
As the eldest son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founding Father of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa’s involvement in public life began at a very yo...