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      Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

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      UAE and Saudi flags during a reception in Abu Dhabi. Ryan Carter / Ministry of Presidential Affairs
      The UAE-Saudi relationship isn’t about competition

      What is happening between the neighbours is not a zero-sum game, but a positive-sum game in which we can all be winners

      CommentFebruary 09, 2024
      A growing number of Emiratis are writing memoirs. The National
      Weekend Essay: Emirati history told by Emirati voices is an invaluable gift to posterity

      Without more UAE writers, younger generations risk growing up without learning of the sacrifices made by their predecessors

      WeekendDecember 01, 2023
      Nick Donaldson / The National
      Weekend Essay: Succession planning in family businesses need not be an epic drama

      Nearly three quarters of the UAE's private sector workforce is employed by family enterprises. Taking further steps to manage transition and inheritance will help such firms thrive

      WeekendSeptember 22, 2023
      Talib Jariwala/Getty
      Weekend Essay: Why Dr Al Jaber's role at Cop28 makes sense

      Dr Al Jaber, who participated in the 10 previous UN Cop Summits, has also served as the UAE’s climate envoy

      WeekendJanuary 20, 2023
      Mohammed Saeed Harib, speaking at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2022 in Dubai, created Freej in 2006. Pawan Singh / The National
      How Emirati 'nabati' poetry has kept pace with the changing times

      From animation to calligraphy to hip hop, vernacular poetry has cemented its place in 21st-century popular culture

      CommentDecember 18, 2022
      President Sheikh Mohamed met Sheikh Tamim, Emir of Qatar, at the Amiri Diwan in Qatar on Monday. UAE Presidential Court. Hamad Al Kaabi / UAE Presidential Court ---
      Sheikh Mohamed's Qatar visit shows the potential for regional convergence and integration

      Stronger ties between the two nations will help the Gulf withstand growing pressures in an uncertain world

      CommentDecember 05, 2022
      A woman tours Calligraphy museum at Sharjah Centre for the Art of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation in December 2021. AFP
      English is gaining ground in the Arab world – at Arabic's expense

      Steps are being taken to preserve our language, but it is an uphill battle

      CommentJuly 13, 2022
      Jewad Selim's 'Good and Evil, An Abstraction' (1951) was a study for a mural for the headquarters of the Iraqi Red Crescent. Bonhams
      A pilgrimage to remember Iraqi artist Jewad Selim

      A central figure in Iraq's 20th century cultural scene, Selim was responsible for some of the country's most important post-revolution art

      CommentDecember 28, 2021
      The 'J Curve' illustrates an immediate loss followed by a dramatic gain. Christopher Pike / The National
      The UAE's J Curve

      Successful nations are born of hard sacrifices made to attain giant leaps, writes Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

      CommentDecember 01, 2021
      The National
      No rest for Sheikh Abdullah in a whirlwind year

      He is without a doubt the most travelled foreign minister in the UAE's young history

      CommentDecember 19, 2009
      A building to honour Dubai’s past and future

      Last year the beautiful art-deco inspired Dubai Petroleum headquarters was threatened by a new developer

      CommentNovember 08, 2009

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