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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00:00Prosperity or adversity?
00:07The whole thing that shaped up my grandfather and his generation and their ancestors and
00:15our ancestors going back is this beautiful blend of adversity and prosperity.
00:30Adversity comes from the danger of disconnecting from families for about one month.
00:38Out of 1,000 you get 10 pearls, approximately 1%.
00:47Sometimes it takes days to get this, sometimes months, changing from place to place with
00:54frustrations, with disappointment, and then suddenly out of this oyster comes a beautiful
01:00shiny big pot.
01:02All these blends of adversity and prosperity has created some sort of a social structure,
01:13both a social structure on the communities.
01:17We were globalized before even the setup of the UAE.
01:24Each civilization has passed through this, humanity has passed by this course and spoke
01:30highly about it.
01:32UAE and the coast of the UAE for 1,000 years known to be for one thing is the pearl.
01:41So we are shaped up from the talent and the profession of the pearling to diverse economy
01:51today.
01:52All this has been protected highly by the rulers and the families for about 400 years
01:59at least from a pearling business to diverse economy today.