A little act that floored Shaikh Mohammed

sharjah — If you have seen the latest tweet by the Dubai Ruler then you probably are one of thousands of social media users who wished they were that little girl.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, retweeted a video of a little girl mimicking one of the sentences he previously said in a speech,

and expressed his desire to meet her. “This little girl impressed me, God bless her. I want to visit her, does anyone know who she is?” asked Shaikh Mohammed’s tweet.

Yes, we do! She is Muhra Ahmed Al Shehi, a six-year-old first grader at the Sharjah Model School for Girls.

The girl did not expect her video, which was meant to be a rehearsal for her school assembly, to reach His Highness. The

This little girl impressed me, God bless her. I want to visit her, does anyone know who she is?”

Shaikh Mohammed @HHShkMohd

original post on Instagram has garnered over 41,000 views and 353 comments since it was posted on Wednesday.

“She’s extremely happy, she can’t believe it,” her aunt Tasmin Al Fawalsi told Khaleej Times over the phone. The girl was practising for a game at her assembly school called “Who said this statement”, that she was supposed to ask an audience.

Al Fawalsi, who runs the girl’s Instagram that now has over 55,000 followers, said the family posted the video as the girl was at the school. She said that the family was contacted by Shaikh Mohammed’s office and is now expecting a visit from him.

Al Shehi is now on cloud nine. Having previously met His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, she is looking forward to her next royal meeting.

Al Fawalsi said Shaikh Mohammed must have admired the fact that even children hold the same vision he does for his people. “As Emiratis, we hold the same vision: which is to be the top.”

She added that the girl’s small size and adorable gestures have always drawn the attention. And we cannot disagree with that!

sherouk@khaleejtimes.com