IEW Awards Ceremony with ENHG Patron, Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan
As we process all the memories, excitement, sights and activities from the annual Inter-Emirates Weekend, we want to first savour the awards ceremony that was addressed by the UAE Minister of Tolerance and ENHG patron, Sheikh Nah ayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan. Since the UAE is currently celebrating the ‘Year of Zayed’ to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founding father, it was touching to hear Sheikh Nahayan say that "it is entirely fitting that your group’s celebration of its fortieth anniversary is occurring in the Year of Zayed because our nation’s founder, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, is, of course, our country’s most prominent naturalist. He had a love of nature. " Peter Hellyer, a Lifelong Member and former ENHG Chair, has also spoken of how the late Sheikh Zayed liked to be kept informed of any and all natural discoveries in the country, including those of the early ENHG, whom Sheikh Nahayan descr