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Archives for 2010

Articles / The National / July 11, 2010

How Do You Hold a Majlis in 140 Letters or Less?

What was once a platform to broadcast trivialities has, in the last year or so, matured into a powerful global phenomenon. Read more »

Articles / Emarat Alyoum / July 11, 2010

قوة «تويتر» المتنامية

على مدى السنة الماضية نمت ظاهرة جديدة من مجرد أداة لبث أنباء قصيرة يراها البعض أنها تافهة، إلى ظاهرة عالمية كادت أن تطيح بإحدى حكومات دول المنطقة. بدأت «تويتر» في صيف عام 2006 واليوم تضم أكثر من 100 مليون مستخدم من ضمنهم صحافيون وكتاب ومعلقون لبث أحدث مساهماتهم. على الرغم من العمر القصير لخدمة التدوين المصغرة هذه.

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Articles / The National / July 4, 2010

The lobbyists are here and it’s time we knew why

The act of lobbying, either officially or behind the scenes, is prevalent across the world. It is most often associated with politics in the United States and negatively so. In fact, lobbying dates back to just after the American War of Independence when William Hull, a war veteran, was hired by those who fought alongside him to lobby those in Philadelphia, then the US capital, to compensate them for their service. The rest, of course, is history. Read more »

Articles / The National / June 27, 2010

A Balanced UAE Federal Budget Benefits Us All

The news this month that the various Emirates do not contribute evenly to the federal budget should not have come as a surprise to many Emiratis. Read more »

Articles / Emarat Alyoum / June 27, 2010

الميزانية الإماراتية

لم تكن الأنباء التي ذكرت أخيراً أن ميزانية الإمارات الاتحادية غير متساوية من ناحية مساهمة كل إمارة، بالخبر المستغرب للإماراتيين. فقد ذكرت الصحف أن أبوظبي ساهمت بـ17 ملياراً من ميزانية الإمارات.

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Articles / The National / June 13, 2010

Emiratis listened to Bill Gates – can they emulate him?

We needn’t burden young entrepreneurs with licensing fees and fancy offices, which can restrict their creativity and finances rather than develop their insights. Would the successful entrepreneurs that we celebrate have been able to set up their businesses in the UAE? 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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