00:00My name is Noura Sultan Farhan Mubarak. I'm 74 years old. I was born in this blessed country.
00:16The first thing we did when we lost our sight, when we knew what was right and what was wrong,
00:21when we knew what was right and what was wrong, was volunteering.
00:24We started studying when we were volunteering.
00:26When we first started going to school, we would read the Holy Quran,
00:29we would recite the Quran, and we would learn about prayer and fasting.
00:33We would learn about religious things.
00:35Today, we are following the national day because we are adults, God bless us.
00:39We are always proud of the national day.
00:43We participate in the school, we participate in the school's students, in the celebrations.
00:49I personally participate in the girls' training for the national day celebrations.
00:54In the village of Al-Tirath, I was a participant.
00:57On any occasion in the village of Al-Tirath, I participated.
01:01In the village of Al-Tirath, I was a religious teacher, a teacher of the Quran.
01:06I had a place for the Quran.
01:09All the girls and boys would memorize the Quran.
01:13In the morning, at noon, we would go around the village.
01:18We would go from one village to another.
01:21As a teacher, I was a teacher's assistant.
01:26I used to teach the girls the Quran, and I would give them a housework.
01:32I would teach them how to make tea, how to make incense, and how to make Arabic perfume.
01:39We would do all of this to participate in the festivals.
01:43In the village of Al-Tirath, we would go around the village.
01:48Even today, we would go around the village.
01:51They would put incense in the village.
01:57This is the place where the most important thing is to build a house.
02:03They would put the Holy Quran on it.
02:05When the child starts reading it, they would teach him the Holy Quran.
02:10Until he finishes reading it.
02:12In the village of Al-Tirath, they would always ask us to renovate the village.
02:17They would ask us to renovate the village.
02:19They would ask us to renovate all of the traditional things.
02:21We teach them how to make tea, how to make incense, and how to make Arabic perfume.
02:26They must learn.
02:28The Ministry of Education is not short of students.
02:31They are very good at these things.
02:33God willing, they will be in the state soon.
02:35We provide everything for them.
02:37From the religious schools, to the public gatherings, to the traditional areas.
02:44We provide everything for them so that they can practice their traditional skills.
02:48I would like to congratulate the president of the state, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed.
03:01May God grant him a long life.
03:03I would like to congratulate his deputy, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid.
03:09May God bless them.
03:11May they live a long life.
03:13We are not short of God's blessings.
03:16May God protect them.
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