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Archives for May 2009

Articles / The Huffington Post / May 10, 2009

To Gain a True Affinity for Arab Jerusalem, Visit It

Sultan challenges Arab readers to visit Jerusalem as a means of showing tangible solidarity with a city that mostly exists in people’s mythical imagination. Read more »

Articles / Emarat Alyoum / May 10, 2009

القدس أختي السجينة

تم اختيار القدس هذا العام من قبل منظمة الأمم المتحدة للتربية والعلوم والثقافة (اليونسكو) لتكون عاصمة الثقافة العربية. وما لم تدركه اليونسكو هو أن العرب يقدسون هذه المدينة فقط في وجدانهم ولغتهم البلاغية: أي لا يوجد دعم حقيقي لهذه المدينة المقدسة.

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Articles / May 3, 2009

A trip to a museum does not do justice to Sheikh Zayed’s vision

It was a cold January day in London in 1968 when the British prime minister, Harold Wilson, announced that his Labour government would end what he saw as his country’s security responsibilities east of the Suez canal, including the Arab Gulf states. The reaction of one Arab leader in particular to this remarkable news is instructive. Read more »

Articles / Emarat Alyoum / May 3, 2009

دبي إمارة سيئة؟!.. انظر إلى بلدك بريطانيا

فكّرت في الفترة الأخيرة في أنه إذا لم يقم الصحافيون البريطانيون الذين يأتون إلى دبي، كجوان هاري مثلاً (راجع مقالته في «الإندبندنت» بتاريخ 7 ابريل 2009)، بإرسال شيء مثير، فلن يُطبع ولن يدفع لهم أجرهم. ففي نهاية المطاف، الإثارة «بيّيعة».

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Articles / MONEYworks / May 1, 2009

A Silver Lining on Dubai’s Property Sector

Barring the short term property speculators, who have taken it upon themselves to flip apartments the same way as Italian pizza chefs flip pizza dough, the news of receding prices in the Dubai property market should be celebrated. Why it is really not all bad news for the real estate market in Dubai. Read more »

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Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is an Emirati columnist and researcher whose articles have appeared in The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Globe and Mail, as well as other notable publications. Al Qassemi is also a prolific commentator on Arab affairs on Twitter.

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