Founding Fathers Mural

United Arab Emirates


This huge mural, painted as part of the Dubai Street Museum Project, encompasses the entire outer wall of the Hatta Dam, which you pass by on the road up to the dam viewpoint and car park. It depicts Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid, founding fathers of the UAE.


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