The First Barrel of Fortune

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibrisans-serif;'>In the span of one generation the nation witnessed the rapid modernisation following the discovery of oil from a scattered tribal land with a primitive economic structure to the regional and global economic powerhouse the UAE became by the late twentieth century. Through interviews from those who steered and experienced the changes <em>The First Barrel of Fortune</em> explores the development of not only the economy but also the changes on Emirati society’s three pillars – the tribe Islam and the family.</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibrisans-serif;'><br></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibrisans-serif;'>“He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future for it is from the past that we learn.”</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibrisans-serif;'><br></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibrisans-serif;'>– Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan</p>