A recent study conducted by the American University in Cairo found that 78 per cent of Arab internet users have never typed in Arabic. There is no doubt that internet giants like Microsoft, Google, Wikipedia and Yahoo have played a large part in the spread of Arabic online but a large number of Arabs would not be able to share their thoughts in the Arabic language if it weren’t for Yamli. Read more »
The National
The Complement Between Islam and Science
Dr Elias Zerhouni’s story was not so different from many Arab youths, growing up as he did in 1960s Algeria at a time in which his country was struggling for independence from French colonialists. In 1975, at the age of 24, he made his way to the United States where he joined Johns Hopkins University as a resident trainee and worked his way up to the executive vice presidency of the university. Read more »
Mobility for all is not a luxury, it’s a basic right
In the UAE many of our public and private institutions have yet to accommodate people with special needs. Others have made an effort, but could still do with a bit of adjustment. Read more »
The Arabs Need a Nelson Mandela, Who Knows When to Go
We desperately need a visionary leader in the Arab world, monarch or republican, who steps aside and oversees in his lifetime a peaceful democratic transfer of power. That would truly be a “special case” that we could all be proud of. Read more »
A Jealous Wife’s Revenge Makes for Bad Law
Every once in a while, somewhere in the world, we come across a case that proves either overtly or implicitly that men can get away with things that women can’t. Read more »
I Don’t Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But…
Members of the six UAE ruling families (who number in the thousands, many of them youngsters), members of the Federal National Council, Government ministers, ambassadors and envoys, advisers to the rulers and tribal sheikhs and their families are all entitled to a red travel booklet that carries the country’s national emblem — a UAE diplomatic passport. Read more »