Ismail Al Zamani is one of many elderly Emirati men who meet in Sharjah to reminisce about old times. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Ismail Al Zamani is one of many elderly Emirati men who meet in Sharjah to reminisce about old times. Chris Whiteoak / The National

'This is all because of Zayed': Elderly Emirati men tell of lives before unification