"What is the UAE capital doing to combat such serious erosion [of Emirati cultural identity]? Quite a bit, in fact, and its strategy seems to be novel and pre-emptive."
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“’May you live in interesting times’ goes a Chinese saying that usually has negative connotations. The emerging UAE political scene is nothing if not interesting, though.”
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"Effective change is contingent on reforming the educational systems in the region — beginning in primary school — to train individuals to think critically, to accept criticism, to welcome change, and to appreciate the values of collaborative and cooperative work."
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In this essay published in Gulf News, Natasha Ridge outlines how family, school and state , "combine to create a system in which young women are actively continuing their education, but where young men are still failing to see the point of it."
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"While social media can be an instigator of, catalyst for and witness to social change, it does not bring about social change - not singlehandedly anyway. People do."
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The challenge ahead is not only about making a smooth transition to a more democratic system of governance. It is about relegitimizing the entire structure of government and the exercise of power.
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In this op-ed published in The Khaleej Times, Susan Crotty explores the roots of western misperceptions of danger in the UAE, and recommends steps the UAE can take to rectify the problem.
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"Young men and women need to see a return on education in order to invest in it. Until that happens they will continue to opt out, and in the long term that is bound to be a curse."
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In this editorial in the Financial Times, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi urges local media to report on the hidden links between leading businessmen and governments in the Arab world.
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