In a few short years, I will have completed six decades in public service - 60 years of engaging with people, governing with purpose and navigating the politics of life. Those years have flown by, swift and unrelenting, marked by both challenges and achievements. In that time, I have overcome crises, experienced joys, endured sorrows and encountered moments I could never have anticipated. Along the way, I have gained treasured friends and, as success rarely comes without a price, I have earned some adversaries. I have bid farewell to those dearest to me. The absence of my mother, my father and two of my brothers remains etched on my heart. Yet I have been richly blessed with a loving family, wonderful children, devoted citizens and people from around the world have embraced our hopes and aspirations as their own. Above all, I have had the honour of helping to build a nation that now stands as a beacon of prosperity and is admired far and wide. What, then, has life taught me?
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Book order (chronological)
This author is known for his poetic talent, anonymously contributing verses to newspapers. His creative work is deeply intertwined with his vision for economic development and diversification, investing billions in tourism and business. His writings reflect an ambition to reduce reliance on oil interests and bolster national independence.
My Story. 50 Memories from 50 Years of Service
- 306 pages
- 11 hours of reading
This important collection of anecdotes and reminiscences from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is published to mark the occasion of his fifty years in public service, which began with his appointment as Dubai's Minister of Defence in 1968
Reflections on Happiness and Positivity
- 152 pages
- 6 hours of reading
This prestigious new book by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, examines two concepts in which Sheikh Mohammed has a great personal interest: happiness and positivity. He explores the relationship between the two and examines how they impact achievement, productivity and creativity. Written by Sheikh Mohammed's own hand, this insightful book includes both personal stories and an international perspective to emphasise the pivotal role that happiness and positivity play in forming leadership strategies and fostering relationships among team members.
My vision - Challenges in the Race for Excellence
- 214 pages
- 8 hours of reading
My Vision - Challenges in the Race for Excellence, a new book by UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, offers a detailed account of the vision that transformed Dubai and the UAE into international hubs for commerce and finance. His Highness holds Dubai up as an example of extraordinary development based on excellent leadership, management, teamwork and timely decision-making. The author, whose personal involvement in the process of development served as the basis for his work, also reflects on the current state of the Arab nation, which he describes as suffering from "a crisis of leadership and management". Reviewers describe My Vision - Challenges in the Race for Excellence as one of the most important books to be published in the Middle East in the past 50 years. The book is dedicated to UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Arabic-language version of the book was launched in April 2006. This is the first English-language version.
Die Nabati-Dichtung ist das kulturelle Gedächtnis der Araber, besonders in Beduinendialekt. Rashid Al Maktoum, Vizepräsident der VAE, verbindet in seinen Gedichten die Liebe zu seinem Land und der Beduinenwelt mit neuen Perspektiven auf die klassische arabische Liebeslyrik.