Inside Al Ain’s Bait Mohammed bin Khalifa: a historic building with heart
- Date: 11-May-2021
- Source: The National
- Sector:Real Estate
- Country:UAE
Inside Al Ain’s Bait Mohammed bin Khalifa: a historic building with heart
The newly restored Bait Mohammed bin Khalifa is a patchwork of Al Ain’s past, present and future.
The old room of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is a portal to the UAE of the late 1960s. A box-shape air-conditioning unit blares as it blasts out cold air. An old transistor radio cackles a song by Umm Kulthum. There are Arabic newspapers lying on the floor seating, with headlines that read of unification plans of the seven emirates.