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Bikram Vohra
JournalismPakistan.com
September 21, 2015
Just could not write it yesterday. The keyboard would not move, nor would the words form. We expats shaken last week by the deaths of the 53 martyrs did not expect such a massive jolt to follow.
We have exulted so often in the family togetherness of the Ruler of Dubai and the laughter and the warmth they have exhibited, that famous race day epitomizing their graciousness and their exuberance.
And we shared in it. And we have laughed at their joy and their normality.
Come today and we are disbelieving that we must bow our heads to the power of God and feel the grief of such a massive loss. It is almost impossible to wrap our heads around what has happened and the question of ‘why’ echoes across the country.
We say goodbye to His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum with a heavy heart and a sense of deep dismay because he, in so many ways, was the image of the youthful and energetic city, the city of the world, strong, striking looking, brilliant and a man of the outdoors in a country dedicated to sport.
Indeed, for a brief, shining moment there was a Camelot.
(The writer is a Senior Editorial Advisor of Khaleej Times and the paper’s former Editor. He has also been the Editor of Gulf News, Gulf Today, Emirates Today and Bahrain Tribune)
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