Proud of the inspiring Emirati women who are standing at the very forefront of the UAE’s efforts to combat the spread of
#COVID19
.
A sincere thanks to you, and to all of your colleagues, for everything you do to keep us all as safe as possible.
#EmiratiWomen
Dubai will never stop shinning, no matter who - naively - attempts to overshadow it.
We’ve said this before - and we’ll say it again - Dubai will always be Dubai. 🇦🇪
#MyDubai
#UAE
يسعدني أن أعلن اليوم عن إطلاق «مؤسسة فكر»، وهو مركز أبحاث متعدد التخصصات يتخذ مقره في دبي، ويحمل على عاتقه المهمة التالية: استعادة روايتنا الموجودة في الخارج كمنطقة، والانخراط في حوار فعلي مع بقية المجتمع الدولي حول القضايا الدولية ذات الاهتمام المشترك.
The world has always had an opinion about the Middle East. It's now time for the Middle East to have an opinion about the world.
This is why I decided to launch
@FikerInstitute
, an interdisciplinary think tank in Dubai.
Here’s how you can get involved:
Happy
#WomenInScienceDay
to all the inspiring women breaking boundaries and dispelling biased and severely outdated stereotypes, every single day of their careers. Quick Fact: more than 45% of the UAE’s national space program are
#EmiratiWomen
! 🚀
#Proud
“As you binge watch your tenth Netflix series, or read a book, or listen to a piece of music, remember: that in the darkest days, when everything stopped, you turned to artists.” 📚
From yesterday’s book signing at Sharjah International Book Fair, and the launch of book
#5
in my series of children’s books. Thank you to everyone who attended, meeting readers and students is always the best part of
#SIBF
📚
🇮🇹 Happy to share that the first book in my series of children’s books on Emirati 🇦🇪 folklore is now published in Italian, and out in bookstores in Italy.
Earlier this week, I had the privilege of being selected to be a part of the ‘Inspiring 49’; a federal team of artists, authors, historians, and designers tasked with laying the foundation for the UAE’s unified national brand identity.
#UAENationBrand
After a year and eight months in the making, I am extremely delighted to finally share that we are opening
@FikerInstitute
’s new home & library tonight at Alserkal Avenue; a bilingual politics & cultural library with over 15,000 books in its collections.
#Dubai
once again showing the world what effective and efficient crisis management looks like. A true case study.
Thank you to our heroes on the ground. #دبي
I’m honored to be appointed to the COP28 Advisory Committee, under the leadership of the
#COP28
President-Designate, HE Dr. Sultan Al Jaber. I look forward to using this opportunity to highlight the recommendations of writers, researchers, authors, & NGOs in the region.
#COP28UAE
Given that we are all now spending more time at home, I will be recommending 1 book a day, with a quick summary and a key quote. I invite you to do the same on this hashtag:
#QuarantineReads
So happy to have the 4th book, “Bu AlSallasel”, in my series of children’s books out now at the Sharjah Book Fair! Thank you
@Bodour
for all your support & encouragement! 🙏🏼
Being an Arab ‘bedouin’ is an honor, responsibility, & privilege. The ‘desert’ you’ve looked down on for decades has given our region its only hope for a better future: open, inclusive, & forward thinking countries like the
#UAE
. 🇦🇪
Watch: Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe insults Saudi Arabians by referring to a Saudi guest on a show as "one of the Bedouin people" after the minister appeared to blame the Gulf countries for the rise of ISIS earlier during the interview.
Proud of the young
#Emirati
doctors who took this decision. This truly global crisis will only be overcome through international cooperation and solidarity; values that the
#UAE
has always championed, and will continue to promote 🇦🇪.
A scan of UN Resolution 304(1971) which marked the UAE's first application as a country to the United Nations in December 1971. The country registered on December 2nd 1971, and was admitted on the 8th 🇦🇪❤️
So happy to finally see my book-inspired artwork turned into a Peace Carpet by
@fbmi_uae
🙌🏻 hand-woven by female artisans in Afghanistan.
As part of FBMI’s
#Yearofthe50
, all proceeds will go to building 50 wells in Afghanistan to provide inaccessible villages with clean water.
I have a dream that one day audience members attending panel discussions will actually ask questions, as opposed to go on and on (2-3 min monologues) without getting to the point. Just a thought.
Honored to be invited to speak at Harvard about our work at
@FikerInstitute
, and on cultural diplomacy in the Arab world. Looking forward to an exciting weekend ahead!
#ACH2023
It was a pleasure moderating the 2nd lecture of the Majlis Mohamed Bin Zayed Ramadan Lecture Series by HE Dr
@AnwarGargash
on the topic of security & stability in a changing world 🌍 from a 🇦🇪 perspective. Thank you to the Majlis Mohamed Bin Zayed team for their kind invitation.
A truly inspiring initiative launched by
@HamdanMohammed
- a timely effort to engage, unify, and mobilize the residents and citizens of Dubai in our collective fight against COVID19. Our city and our country need us now, more than ever. 1/2
Harvard, what kind of headline is this?
Here’s an alternative suggestion:
Gender stereotypes *will* actually harm organizations/entities that don’t actively eradicate norms that put women at a disadvantage.
The real joke is on the men - & women - who still think like this.
I would like to thank the German Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Goethe-Institut, & Cultural Foundation for featuring my books in their latest exhibition.
This collaborative effort aims to highlight the mutual influences, ideas, & cultural exchanges between the Arab world & Germany. 🇦🇪🇩🇪
Buongiorno folks!
Join Sharjah, the Guest of Honour at Bologna Children's Book Fair 2022, as we unveil an extraordinary cultural programme with authors, illustrators and storytellers from the UAE and the Arab region!