From rags to riches: The story of Abu Dhabi - Witness History, BBC World Service

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates and one of the richest cities in the world. But, before oil was discovered, the inhabitants lived in extreme poverty with no roads, schools or hospitals.

Born in Abu Dhabi in 1948, author Mohammed Al Fahim grew up barefoot and without access to clean water. He describes the incredible transformation of his home.

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[Soly]

Alot of countries have oil but not succeed like UAE . Sheik Zayed is a great leader who He dedicated his life for his ppl

[Maniacguy]

Great leader is like a piece of diamond that doesn't fade and hard to destroy. But a true leader is an angel sent by God for humanity on earth.

[bago]

To suggest the British were there to protect and not just to exploit for their own self interest is laughable

[MahiGeet-enrw]

Very Beautiful Country and proud to be born in UAE🇦🇪

[jacobjohn]

The al nahyans have been very benevolent so god has blessed them

[-eyvb]

The story of formation of UAE is quite interesting 👍

[AsSunnahAnNabawiyyah]

Next story London: from extreme rags to riches

[mohdtameemahmed]

Man of Millennium his Highness Shaikh Zayed Al Nahyan

[pholilemhlanga]

African leaders can learn a lot from the UAE

[TawwabKhan-hzbf]

” یا ایھا الرسول بلغ ما انزل الیک ” !!!

[carjini]

Pooping 💩 on the beach ⛱️. When Poverty strikes it doesn't differentiate

[MS-hixm]

This country was developed by indians, pakistani, and Bangladesh in the leadership of sheikh zayed the ruler .

This 3 community has made a huge contribution to building GCC countries ..

[janmejay]

British army "defended", yeah right!

People from Dubai don't like The people from Abu Dhabi do

[REB_reb]

Am I the only one here from Garfield and Friends?

[joseantoniorodriguezi]

Nothing new under the sun. The streets of London were open sewers until the 19th century. Now, London real state is among the most expensive in the world. What you see are simply the laws of economics at work.

[himanshusoni]

Nobel peace prize was never worthy of Sheikh Zayed.

[hemanthathirumaran]

They should have stayed as rags. It is precisely the oil wealth of the gulf nations that enables them to spread their extremist ideology to other poorer nations.

[ed]

Wow. you can mistake his voice with that of Winston Churchill's.

[Dua-dixh]

India want to a private aroplane in Lucknow many people such as children and woman sucrifices pls help us