Sheikh Mohammed Showered With Birthday Greetings and Facebook Gifts

Facebook Reminder
One of the great features of Facebook is the birthday reminder that tells you the upcoming birthdays of your FB friends.

Today Facebook has reminded me that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum is celebrating his birthday this Wednesday, the 15th July.

Turning Sixty
Even though Facebook does not list the year of his birth, Wikipedia (which lists his birthday as 22 July) indicates that the Sheikh was born in 1949 and will therefore be celebrating this year his 60th birthday.

Gifts Fit for a Sheikh
Despite the Sheikh’s intention of moving his personal Facebook account to a ‘public page’, this is not stopping his FB friends from showering him with one of Facebook's 379 gifts—icons of balloons, cakes, red roses and diamonds etc.

Probably the glass of beer or bottle of champagne are not suitable gifts to give publicly to a Muslim leader.

Many have simply written in Arabic and English heartfelt expressions of congratulations and best wishes.

Send a Birthday Greeting
Whether or not you are an official Facebook Friend of the Sheikh, you can still send a message to him via Facebook at this link.

Further
Connect With Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid on Facebook, ETE.
Sheikh Mohammed Gains Too Many Friends on Facebook, ETE.
Follow Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai on Twitter, ETE.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Judged One of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century, ETE.
Poems Give Most Revealing Glimpse of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al Maktoum, ETE.
Sheikh Mohammed Hailed as Most Powerful in Horse Racing Industry, ETE.
Sheikh Mohammed Pays Record Price for Aussie Horse Racing Deal, ETE.
Sheikh Mohammed’s Ambitions for Middle East, ETE.
Sheikh Mohammad Models Rare Style of Leadership, ETE.
Sheikh Mohammed’s Leadership is Honoured, ETE.
New Website for H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ETE.
Dubai and Sheikh Mohammed on 60 Minutes Video, ETE.

Dr Geoff Pound

Geoff Pound can be contacted by email at geoffpound(at)gmail.com on Facebook and Twitter.

Images: Some of the many faces of Facebook Sheikh, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.