A TV cartoon character aimed at boosting the nation's sense of identity was officially unveiled yesterday. Hamdoon, a six-year-old Emirati boy who wears a khadoura that is slightly too big and a plain ghutra piled on top of his lollipop head, will make his TV debut next year in a 15 part series. Will this help to boost a sense of national identity in the young? What other measures are needed to make children and adults aware of their culture, identity and heritage?
Will Hamdoon boost Emiratis' sense of national identity?
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