Nothing Rhymes With Pirate

ABU DHABI: The Ministry of Presidential Affairs on Tuesday announced the death of Shaikh Nasser Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the brother of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Shaikh Nasser died on Monday night when the helicopter carrying him and his colleagues crashed over Gulf waters.

In a statement, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a three-day mourning period starting on Tuesday.

Offices in the government, public and private sectors will continue to work as normal, an authorised source at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs said.

Inga, our resident ex-pat brat, said that when a relative of the Sheikh dies, we usually get 3 days off for the mourning period. This is probably the first time (in her knowledge) that people have continued working (not to sound insensitive). All the radio stations are playing opera music or instrumental tracks. Apparently it should be dry too.. so there goes drinks with the boys on Thursday night.