June 2023 By Jérôme Lamy
The video went viral; filmed at the Elysée Palace, during the visit of His Highness Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Paris, and has since been shared across all social media. In the video we see the new Emirati president introduce Zaki Nusseibeh to Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. To explain the longevity of his cultural adviser, Mohamed bin Zayed shows the Presidential couple a photo from 1975 of the first state visit to Paris of his father, Sheikh Zayed. In this high-quality image, Sheikh Zayed is greeting President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and his wife Anemone, while the young Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan stands watching along with... Zaki Nusseibeh. "This is my father, here we have Zaki and this one is me..." the Emirati President is saying. “You were here yesterday and you’re still here today,” Emmanuel Macron, quips admiringly to Zaki Nusseibeh.