Joe Jenkins

Assistant editor-in-chief

Abu Dhabi

Joe Jenkins is an assistant editor-in-chief at The National

The media is learning the cost of being 'unfriended' by Facebook

The tech giant doesn't want to pay for good journalism - but who will?

February 18, 2021

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton steps out of his car after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix on November 29. He will miss this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix after being infected with the coronavirus. AFP

Will Lewis Hamilton come to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?

The Formula One champion is subject to governing body FIA’s Covid-19 protocols

December 4, 2020

The likes of Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City are now long established and – like the media industry in the UAE itself – maturing.

It is hardly surprising for Dubai to be named the Arab Media Capital this year

In just half a century, the emirate – and indeed the UAE – has become a leading communications and technology hub where innovation is the name of the game

January 16, 2020

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at the Peace to Prosperity conference in Manama, Bahrain. Peace to Prosperity Workshop / Handout via Reuters

How the US set out its Peace to Prosperity plan for the Palestinians

Jared Kushner, adviser to President Donald Trump, opened his economic workshop on Tuesday, calling Washington’s $50 billion plan for Middle East peace the 'opportunity of the century'

June 28, 2019

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - February 04, 2019: Day two of the UAE papal visit - HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Defence (C), His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church (R) and His Eminence Dr Ahmad Al Tayyeb, Grand Imam of the Al Azhar Al Sharif (L), arrive at the Human Fraternity Meeting, at The Founders Memorial. ( Mohamed Al Hammadi / Ministry of Presidential Affairs ) ---

Pope Francis's visit was a touching display of unity and common purpose between two great faiths

This historic moment illustrated the core values of the UAE and sent a message of peace and brotherhood to the wider world

February 6, 2019

The 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York September 26, 2018. AFP

World leaders address the UN on Thursday - in pictures

UN General Assembly 2018:

September 28, 2018

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov (1840)

My favourite reads: Joe Jenkins

Staying on top of the news has long since taken over from regular reading for pleasure, but these are the books that will always be a part of my life

June 2, 2018

Sport

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, with the now retired Maj Gen Helal Al Shehhi at the time of the war. Courtesy: Helal Al Shehhi

Liberation of Kuwait: Emirati commander recalls blazing oil wells and looted shops

UAE

Saudi Arabi's first international film festival will run in November

Film

Wagner and Elaine Araujo were finally able to leave quarantine after 10 days in a hotel. The National.

First hotel quarantine passengers relieved to leave UK’s ‘Heathrow prison’

Europe

The overwater villas at Sheraton Full Moon Resort & Spa. Courtesy Sheraton Full Moon Resort & Spa

Social distancing by default: what it's like to travel to the Maldives right now

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