Celebrating the Flag Day is a precious national occasion to the hearts of the citizens of UAE, as the Flag tells the story of a homeland and a people, embodies a symbol of the national identity at its best and is a title for pride, glory and honor meanings. In this glorious day of our history, we bring the highest meanings of unity, coherence and belonging to the country's precious soil and to loyalty to his wise leadership.
When the sons of the homeland raise the Flag of UAE high and lofty at all state institutions and buildings, our determination rises, the feelings of unity and peace are felt throughout the country, the sons of the homeland are overwhelmed with joy of celebrating the unity and price of the tolerant UAE and everyone who lives on this good land sing a chant for love of the homeland, a song of loyalty to our leadership and a melody of immortality to our country. In these moments, we remember the white hands of the UAE's founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may he rest in peace, who unite hearts before minds, and we conjure up in our mind the footage of UAE’s flag when Zayed raised it for the first time with the founding fathers in “Union House” in the Emirate of Dubai on December 2nd, 1971.
We all knew that the design of UAE’s official Flag was inspired form a verse in a poem by the poet Safi al-Din al-Hilli, in which he said: “White are our deeds, black are our battles, Green are our tents, red are our swords”. Under this Flag with its four colors, our country made great exploits and immortal achievements acknowledged by all, as the UAE’s Flag flied high in the distant cosmic space.
In this precious day, we take inspiration to our hearts from the sacrifices of our brave soldiers who defended our homeland and gave their lives to its pure soil to keep the UAE’s Flag lofty and proud. We promise our wise leadership to double the efforts and hard sincere work so that our precious homeland continues its leadership, take its rightful place always and forever in the forefront of the nations and remain a beacon of global coexistence and tolerance.
Finally, we ask Allah Almighty to protect our country, leadership, government and people, keep our country’s Flag high that reaches the sky and to perpetuate its raised Flag etched in the heart and engraved in the soul, as a symbol for our unity and a source of our pride and dignity.