• Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Foreign Minister, visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the 11th anniversary of the passing of UAE Founder Sheikh Zayed.
    Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Foreign Minister, visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the 11th anniversary of the passing of UAE Founder Sheikh Zayed.
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Foreign Minister, visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the 11th anniversary of the passing of UAE Founder Sheikh Zayed.
    Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Foreign Minister, visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the 11th anniversary of the passing of UAE Founder Sheikh Zayed.
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the Foreign Minister, and Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, attended an event at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the passing of Sheikh Zayed, the Founder of the UAE.
    Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the Foreign Minister, and Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, attended an event at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the passing of Sheikh Zayed, the Founder of the UAE.
  • Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, is received by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
    Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, is received by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, received at his Zabeel Palace, in the presence of Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee, the sports and youth leaders, and representatives of sports media in the UAE.
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, received at his Zabeel Palace, in the presence of Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee, the sports and youth leaders, and representatives of sports media in the UAE.
  • "Methods of Dubai" celebrates the Day Zayed humanitarian action by supporting orphans and hospital patients
    "Methods of Dubai" celebrates the Day Zayed humanitarian action by supporting orphans and hospital patients
  • Sheikh Saud bin Saqr, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, received well-wishers who called on him to extend their greetings on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
    Sheikh Saud bin Saqr, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, received well-wishers who called on him to extend their greetings on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
  • The UAE Embassy in Ankara, represented by its acting charge d’affaires, Omar Abdul Rehman Al Tunaiji, oversaw iftar feasts for 2,400 people at the iftar tent set up by Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs in the country’s capital. The iftar project is funded by the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation.
    The UAE Embassy in Ankara, represented by its acting charge d’affaires, Omar Abdul Rehman Al Tunaiji, oversaw iftar feasts for 2,400 people at the iftar tent set up by Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs in the country’s capital. The iftar project is funded by the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation.
  • The UAE Embassy in Hanoi oversaw the implementation of its iftar project by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the Emirates Red Crescent, Dar Al Ber Society and Sharjah Charity International. The project is carried out in cooperation with the Islamic Society in Vietnam in Ann Zhang, a predominantly Muslim district in the south.
    The UAE Embassy in Hanoi oversaw the implementation of its iftar project by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the Emirates Red Crescent, Dar Al Ber Society and Sharjah Charity International. The project is carried out in cooperation with the Islamic Society in Vietnam in Ann Zhang, a predominantly Muslim district in the south.
  • The UAE Embassy in Ankara, represented by its acting charge d’affaires, Omar Abdul Rehman Al Tunaiji, oversaw iftar feasts for 2,400 people at the iftar tent set up by Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs in the country’s capital. The iftar project is funded by the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation.
    The UAE Embassy in Ankara, represented by its acting charge d’affaires, Omar Abdul Rehman Al Tunaiji, oversaw iftar feasts for 2,400 people at the iftar tent set up by Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs in the country’s capital. The iftar project is funded by the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation.

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Sheikh Abdullah and Sheikh Nahyan visit Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque; Sheikh Mansour meets with Qatar’s Emir - UAE leaders in pictures

Julie Nicholson

July 07, 2015

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A look at recent happenings in the UAE. All photos: Wam

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Favourite vegetable: Broccoli

Favourite food: Seafood

Favourite thing to cook: Duck l'orange

Favourite book: Give and Take by Adam Grant, one of his professors at University of Pennsylvania

Favourite place to travel: Home in Kuwait.

Favourite place in the UAE: Al Qudra lakes

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Their favourite city: Dubai

Their favourite food: Khaleeji

Their favourite past-time : walking on the beach

Their favorite quote: ‘we rise by lifting others’ by Robert Ingersoll

Conflict, drought, famine

Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.

Band Aid

Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.

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