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 »
Archives for 2009
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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 »
Levelling the UAE Playing Field
There is no doubt that the UAE will benefit from a revised companies law that levels the playing field. After all, why, for example, should there be only one agent for a specific brand of cars? What a revised version of the federal companies law would mean for the UAE. Read more »
Qasimi: A new Emirati fashion label is born
In this article, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discusses the cultural significance of the Emirati show in London Fashion Week by the talented Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, the Emirati fashion designer behind the Qasimi label who put the performance together. Read more »