The immersive show marked the launch of Sharjah as the Unesco World Book Capital 2019, a landmark day for the city which prides itself for its diversity and pluralism. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more on gulfnews.com: http://bit.ly/2KZj9Tv
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00:00As for you, Prince, Prince of knowledge and knowledge
00:05Of all knowledge
00:30Of all knowledge
01:00In a different way than all the other forms that have been presented so far
01:06And to bring the world to Sharjah and to let them know what Sharjah is
01:11And the cultural importance of Sharjah in the UAE
01:15Very lucky to be casted on this big production
01:19Very excited to see what we were going to do
01:22And super excited to come here and see the...
01:27Yeah, it's kind of a very epic piece
01:30So it feels very special to be part of such a big moment
01:33And it's my first time in an Arabic country
01:36So...
01:38Yeah, it's been super interesting to be part of this
01:40And get to know the culture a bit deeper
01:43I just thought I'm one of the dancers
01:46And then I came and then Sebastian said
01:48Oh, actually you should hear that
01:50And then, by the way, you have to learn and speak Arabic
01:53I was like, okay, I thought one or two words
01:55But no, it's about five minutes
01:58When you put it all together
02:00So, of course, I was kind of scared at the beginning
02:03But I had enough time to learn
02:06And I like challenge, so...
02:08I didn't like the process of it
02:10Because I'm very tough on myself
02:11But then now when I know it, it's like it feels great
02:20You