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A non-Muslim's Ramadan: How my friends have inspired me to attempt my first fast

I've spent 12 years in Abu Dhabi witnessing how the city changes during the holy month. Now it's my turn to join in

Evelyn
Lau
Iftar meals are distributed to visitors at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National



Real change in Iran will probably come from the last place anyone expects

Arash Azizi

Migration can still improve the global balance between workers and jobs

Yasar Jarrar

Andrew's arrest highlights America's justice system failing in its duty

Thomas Watkins

A rapidly changing Abu Dhabi will always stay true to the roots of its story

Saood Abdulaziz Al Hosani


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Jesse Jackson's clarity is a lesson for all politicians: that their platforms need to have a moral bedrock. EPA

The world will miss Jesse Jackson's sense of moral purpose

Sholto Byrnes

Human advantage will be everything in tomorrow’s job market – Gulf countries understand this

Mohammed Alardhi

QuoteCEOs quaking at AI tsunami that has barely begun

Chris
Blackhurst

Marco Rubio's Munich speech has presented Europeans with a dilemma

Janine di Giovanni

Be it Scotland's rugby win or the Ukraine war, my hopes get dashed when the real world intervenes

Gavin Esler

Could China's outreach to the world affect its Taiwan policy?

Damien McElroy

What the UAE-India corridor reveals about the future of the partnership

Badr Jafar



The UAE is leading the charge in building the world's first AI-native government

Robyn Scott

Why service must sit at the heart of leadership

Mariam bint Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Finding a partner in my forties comes with fewer illusions and better boundaries

Aarti Jhurani

Solving Syria's Kurdish question remains a work in progress

Lina Sinjab



Want to move to Dubai? Go ahead, you won't regret it

Brigitte Marie

Mandatory registration of pets on Abu Dhabi's Tamm is a win for animal welfare

Nick March

Donald Trump's improbable shot at an imperial presidency

James Zogby

We should be fighting artificial distraction – not artificial intelligence

Omar Al-Ubaydli

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