Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi (فاطمة بنت مبارك الكتبي) is the third wife of the founder, inaugural president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and late emir (ruler) of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. She is firstly referred to as the mother of sheikhs and secondly, as the Mother of the UAE.Sheikha Fatima was born in Al Hayer in Al Ain as the only daughter to her parents. Her family is bedouin and religious, like a traditional Emirati family. Her father died when she was young so her mother remarried and had two more sons, Suheil and Owad. Wikipedia