The UAE’s relationship with public holidays can be said to be in the development stage. We all enjoy our days off but sometimes there really can be too much of a good thing, and this is one of them. Read more »
حينما يفرّق الجواز الإماراتي بين المواطنين
The UAE Is One Nation … It’s Time Our Passports Said So
When I was a student in Paris in the mid 1990s and people asked where I was from, I would reply that I was from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah or any other emirate that the person asking me would recognize. It was never an issue, because I felt secure that ultimately it was the same country. Read more »
Sometimes the sound and the fury signify nothing
Over the past few weeks two unfounded rumours about the UAE have snowballed on the pages of some newspapers in the Arab world and have even been picked up by newswires. Some media organisations seem so inclined to print negative news about this country, they no longer have an issue with presenting negative rumours as facts. Read more »
حلول راديكالية لمشكلات كهرباء الشارقة
Rumours of Expulsion of Lebanese Shia From the UAE
Over the past few weeks two unfounded rumors about the United Arab Emirates have snowballed on the pages of some newspapers in the Arab world and have even been picked up by newswires. Some media organizations seem so inclined to print negative news about this country that once they have exhausted the typical stories about the effects of the global financial crisis on the UAE, they no longer have an issue with presenting negative rumors as facts. Read more »