When faced with new crises such as oil depletion and financial turmoil, the Dubai authorities also carried out education to "not forget the original intention". The late chief Zayed once said to the people with earnestness: "If you don't understand the past, you can't have the present and the future." .
More than two thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Emirati came to this barren land. Due to natural conditions, they can only set off into the desert every year when the rainy season comes and the aquatic plants grow in the desert. They drive cattle and sheep to the pasture to graze each time. The distance is always more than 1000 kilometers. In such a harsh environment, only camels were their helpers and friends. Many people called themselves camel people back then. They drank camel milk when they were thirsty, ate camel meat when they were hungry, wore camel fur coats when they were cold, and trapped them in camel felt.
Time has passed. Although today they no longer live in tents and move into apartments and villas, they no longer ride on camels and drive on Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and they have begun to engage in various modern service industries without nomadic hunting, but they still regard camels as themselves. They still adhere to a camel spirit, which is hard-working, perseverance, and adaptability to the environment.
