The National football team of the United Arab Emirates have won this year’s Gulf Cup. An elated nation cheered their team on to victory. In this op-ed Dennis Sammut discusses why football is helping the process of state building in the United Arab Emirates. The success of the National Football team of the United Arab […]
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Dubai thinks big, big, and bigger
November 24, 2012 
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Dennis Sammut is in Dubai often, and never fails to be amazed by the shameless boldness with which the city takes on ambitious projects which have turned it in five decades from a small village into a dynamic metropolis. In this article for links-dar.org he looks at how in less than twenty four hours Dubai unveiled plans to build […]
Read more Barjeel Foundation in Sharjah hosts important discussion on artists and nationalism.
July 2, 2012 0 Comments
The Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is fast developing a reputation not only for great art exhibitions, but also for stimulating discussions where the message behind the art is discussed and analysed. On Saturday it hosted a discussion on the theme “Drawing Nationalism. Where do Artists belong?” Dennis Sammut attended the event and shares […]
Read more Exciting cultural developments in Turkey and UAE set the trend for the future.
April 24, 2012 0 Comments
Two new initiatives in the field of culture, one in the UAE and one in Turkey, are setting a trend that is bound to be followed in many other countries. Dennis Sammut writes on why he thinks this is so exciting. In the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates a new art gallery opened last […]
Read more The issue of religious minorities in Muslim countries causes controversy.
April 15, 2012 0 Comments
Senior Sunni relgious leaders in the Muslim world have clashed over the role of Christian communities in Muslim countries. Mehmet Görmez, Head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, has sharply criticized Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Shaikh of Saudi Arabia, for comments the latter made during a meeting with a delegation from the Kuwait-based Society of […]
Read more Iran’s President provocative visit to the Island of Abu Musa was an act of folly
April 15, 2012 0 Comments
The visit of the Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to the Island of Abu Musa in the Gulf, on Wednesday (11 April), must surely be seen as an act of diplomatic folly, which has as expected been robustly condemned by the government of the United Arab Emirates, which considers the island as part of its territory. […]
Read more The Sheikh who wants to put education as the foundation of his emirate’s development.
April 8, 2012 0 Comments
Ras al Khaimah is not the most prominent of the seven members that constitute the United Arab Emirates. Often it is overshadowed by its larger and more prosperous neighbours, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Yet it was not always like this. In the 19th century Ras al Khaimah was a regional power with a strong Navy that even […]
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