Educating Ms. Fatima

1970 ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Tim Walters ◽  
Susan Swan ◽  
Ron Wolfe ◽  
John Whiteoak ◽  
Jack Barwind
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Free Trade Zones ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
K 12

The United Arab Emirates is a smallish Arabic/Islamic country about the size of Maine located at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Though currently oil dependent, the country is moving rapidly from a petrocarbon to a people-based economy. As that economy modernizes and diversifies, the country’s underlying social ecology is being buffeted. The most significant of the winds of change that are blowing include a compulsory, free K-12 education system; an economy shifting from extractive to knowledge-based resources; and movement from the almost mythic Bedouin-inspired lifestyle to that of a sedentary highly urbanized society. Led by resource-rich Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the federal government has invested heavily in tourism, aviation, re-export commerce, free trade zones, and telecommunications. The Emirate of Dubai, in particular, also has invested billions of dirhams in high technology. The great dream is that educated and trained Emiratis will replace the thousands of foreign professionals now running the newly emerging technology and knowledge-driven economy.

United Arab Emirates growth may depend on transparency

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Initial Level ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fiscal Transparency ◽  
Fiscal Reforms ◽  
Current Deficit

Significance The United Arab Emirates (UAE) economy is increasingly diversified, not least with the imposition of VAT since January 1 -- albeit at a low initial level of 5%. Fiscal transparency has not necessarily kept pace, especially in ad hoc financial support both among the emirates and externally to Gulf neighbours. Impacts Any reduction in financial support from Abu Dhabi through GCC funds might endanger Bahrain’s currency peg. Increased clarity on UAE commitments could help to stabilise weaker economies in Bahrain and Oman. The federal government is likely to convert its current deficit to a surplus of around 2% in 2018. Fiscal reforms and innovations will not challenge Abu Dhabi’s financial dominance among the seven emirates. Plans to privatise state-owned firms will create further pressure to boost transparency.

Are Emirate Rulers Immune from Civil Suits in English Courts?

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-124
Author(s):  
Lucas Bastin
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
State Immunity ◽  
Head Of State ◽  
Political Roles

Abstract This article considers whether the rulers of the seven United Arab Emirates are immune from civil suits before English courts. It commences by summarising the constitutional structure of the UAE and political roles which the Emirate rulers play within its federal government, before setting out the relevant English and international law of State and head of State immunity. Having explained this background, this article assesses the position of each ruler and concludes that the rulers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are immune from civil suits before English courts but that the rulers of Sharjah, Ra’s al-Khaimah, Fujairah, Umm al-Qaiwain and Ajman are less likely to attract immunity.

scholarly journals The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Regional Conference

1970 ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
The Third ◽  
Regional Conference

The third «Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Conference» was convened in Abu-Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates under the spondorship of H.R.H. the ruler of U.A.E.; and was hosted by the General Federation of  the United Arab Emirates Women.

scholarly journals AgTech in Arabia: 'spectacular forgetting' and the technopolitics of greening the desert

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Koch
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Controlled Environment ◽  
Extreme Temperatures ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Start Ups

<p>'AgTech' is the latest discourse about introducing new technologies to agricultural production. Researchers, corporations, and governments around the world are investing heavily in supporting its development. Abu Dhabi, the largest and wealthiest emirate in the UAE, has been among these supporters, recently announcing a massive scheme to support AgTech companies. Given the extreme temperatures and aridity of the Arabian Peninsula, several new start-ups have focused on 'controlled environment' facilities – hydroponics and aeroponics in various kinds of greenhouses. Despite the narrative of novelty touted by these companies, this is not the UAE's first foray with bringing ultra-modern or 'scientific' greenhouses to the Arabian Peninsula – a large University of Arizona project did so in Abu Dhabi from 1969-1974. Yet that project is largely forgotten today, including among today's new AgTech entrepreneurs. This article investigates why this is the case and, more generally, why the systematic failures of high-modernist, spectacular projects like those to green the desert are so routinely forgotten. In analyzing the story linking AgTech in Arabia 50 years ago and today, I show how 'spectacular forgetting' is related to the technopolitics of spectacle, but also rooted in geopolitical discourses and spatial imaginaries particular to each historical moment.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> spectacle; desert greening; AgTech; agriculture; Arabian Peninsula; United Arab Emirates</p>

Biostratigraphic Constraints on the Shuaiba Formation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Gombos ◽  
Christian J. Strohmenger ◽  
T.C. Huang
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Abu Dhabi

The United Arab Emirates: Statehood and Nation-Building in a Traditional Society

2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frauke Heard-Bey
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
National State ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
The Individual

Nationals represent barely 20% of the population in the United Arab Emirates, but form the economically and socially privileged group of UAE citizens. The Rulers of the seven emirates were able to retain the historical loyalty of the “Emiratis” by advancing the economic development of the individual states, while Abu Dhabi-financed federal development helped to create a viable national state. Democratization is not of the same urgency as in some neighboring Gulf countries.

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