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00:00My husband came here in 1951.
00:04I was a mother of two children in 1959.
00:08But I brought only one.
00:10After that, we were new here.
00:13There was nothing here.
00:15We didn't go out.
00:17We used to go out at night.
00:19We used to carry torches in the dark.
00:21We didn't go out during the day.
00:23When we used to go out,
00:25only a few people used to go out together.
00:28At that time, there was no water.
00:31There was nothing fresh.
00:34Everything was in the tent.
00:36After that, slowly, slowly, slowly,
00:39the whole of Dubai spread.
00:41But all this happened in front of us.
00:45There was only one market.
00:47At that time, it was called Abra Market.
00:51It is still there.
00:53There was no school.
00:55There was no club.
00:57There was nothing.
00:59After that, everyone came.
01:01After that, the city expanded.
01:05It expanded so much
01:07that even we became strangers in the city.
01:10I used to have a time pass.
01:12I used to study.
01:15There was a new cook in the house.
01:18I used to help her a little.
01:21And in the evening,
01:24I used to meet her.
01:29I didn't have any problem.
01:32And there was a time to come.
01:34All the men used to close the shop in the afternoon.
01:37From 1.45 p.m., the shop used to close.
01:40It used to open at 4.30 or 4.00 p.m.
01:42In the morning, I used to go out like this.
01:44I used to take a bath, do this and that,
01:46take care of the house a little.
01:48In the evening, I used to go out like this.
01:50Then the cars came, slowly, slowly.
01:53Then we started going by car.
01:56Earlier, no one had a car.
01:58We used to walk.
02:00Then the cars came.
02:02Then the city expanded a little.
02:04We started going on picnics.
02:06We used to have lunch parties.
02:08And sometimes we used to go to Awair.
02:10There was a small pool of shake.
02:12I don't know what it was.
02:14There was a new guest house.
02:17We used to go there.
02:20Sometimes we used to go there.
02:22Sometimes we used to go somewhere else.
02:24But they used to come with us.
02:26Once, Sheikh Mukhtum came with us.
02:28He was with us, but not with his friends.
02:31We were here.
02:33Dubai has given us everything.
02:35This is the truth.
02:37We are there too.
02:39We have an office there.
02:41We have a house there.
02:43We have work there.
02:45But we settle there.
02:47He has a house there.
02:49He has toys there.
02:55He has everything there.
02:57He has everything there.
02:59My husband's friend was in Gurair.
03:01He worked so hard for us.
03:03He worked so hard for us.
03:05He helped us so much.
03:07He helped us so much.
03:09Tell me, how did he help you?
03:11Tell me, how did he help you?
03:13How did he help us?
03:15He had a shortage of money.
03:17He said, this is not my bank.
03:19This is your bank.
03:21Take it and go to work.
03:23I should tell my husband,
03:25Earn, eat and be happy.
03:27But take care of your family.
03:29Take care of your family.
03:31Don't take care of others.