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00:00Hello, everyone.
00:09This is Anjana Kumar from Gulf News.
00:11Well, it is a very special day.
00:14In fact, the whole week has been very special because Sultan Al Nayyadi has returned to
00:20earth and he is coming home.
00:23And when we say he's coming home, we are saying that he's coming home to Al Ain.
00:28And we are here, the whole team of Gulf News is here in Al Ain to meet with his family
00:35and some old friends.
00:37Earlier, we also passed by his house where preparations are strife for the return of
00:45Sultan Al Nayyadi.
00:46A tent has been set up right in front of his villa and dignitaries, families and friends
00:51will be visiting him tomorrow or day after.
00:56Plus, we saw a massive poster of Al Nayyadi just spread right there in front of his villa.
01:04Right now, I'm here in the majlis of the family of Al Nayyadi's friends.
01:10Yes, that's right.
01:11We're in the majlis of the Al Ahbabis and they are very old friends of Sultan Al Nayyadi
01:18and his father and the entire family.
01:22In fact, with me is a veteran, a very senior person, over 90 years of age.
01:29His name is Mr. Ali Al Ahbabi and he has served as a poet with the late Sheikh Zayed and we
01:39are here to meet his sons and his entire family and they are going to be reminiscing their
01:46memories with Al Nayyadi.
01:50As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.
01:52I am Hamed Al Ahbabi.
01:54I'll be speaking on behalf of my father, Ali Al Ahbabi.
01:58My father, he's been a friend of Al Nayyadi family for a long time.
02:03He's been in Al Ain for decades.
02:05So we are very honored and very happy of the achievement that Sultan Al Nayyadi has did
02:12for the country and for the Arab world.
02:16We are very happy that Sultan Al Nayyadi has accomplished this mission and made such
02:26a success for the Arab world.
02:29My father, he supports this achievement.
02:32He was very happy for Sultan Al Nayyadi and Al Nayyadi family.
02:37He's been a friend of Sheikh Al Nayyadi for a long time.
02:41For him to see one of his children has achieved this achievement has been outstanding and
02:52an amazing achievement for the country.
02:55Hi, my name is Awad Al Ahbabi, son of Ali Mana Al Ahbabi.
03:01We take an immense pride in the safe return of Astronaut Sultan Al Nayyadi to Earth, which
03:12is indeed the safe return of Astronaut Sultan Al Nayyadi to Earth fills us with tremendous
03:20pride.
03:21His journey beyond our planet is a testament to human exploration and achievements.
03:30So my father, I'll translate these words that he told me, the achievements that Sultan
03:36Al Nayyadi did has been at the top of the century for the UAE.
03:43And we are very delighted to witness at our lifetime to achieve this, to go to the space,
03:53to do all the tests and explore the space for the human race.
03:58It will be such an improvement for the future and for the right moment.
04:05So one of the things that made us proud as well, we live in Al Ain and my father has
04:11been in Al Ain for decades.
04:13So it's just very honoring for us to have one of us or one of our friends to achieve
04:21this achievement.
04:23So we were celebrating this as like he's our brother.
04:27He's one of the family because, you know, Al Ain is like a one big house.
04:32Everyone is related.
04:34Everyone is related and everyone is like a big house.
04:38So to see this achievement coming from Al Ain makes us very proud.