complexity especially in social problems I have no idea trying to figure it out ourselves yeah I you know in the UAE and the Emirates we're very lucky because we have a very small population that uh you know for for one reason or another we wegot onto the to the right track with uh when we first um struck oil um and so that allowed us to to to move in a
But also, we want to stimulate the cultural scene in the UAE. Each emirate has it's niche, in a way, from an archeology, from performance, from filming, from theater.
And so it was lot of work with Dubai Prison. The Emirates Literature Foundation has successfully been able to do that. So they came in November and went into the prison and did this.
where she conducted fact-finding investigations and advocacy in relation to Iran, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates . Prior to working internationally, she campaigned extensively for social and economic justice in the United States for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Urban Justice Center, and is a co-founding collective member of Bluestockings bookstore.
Start-ups can market a lot more efficiently using Google. Do you have Emirates drivers?
Start-ups can market a lot more efficiently using Google. So in the Emirates , I would say all our captains are ex-pat captains.
Think about mergers between stock exchanges, think about nonstop flights connecting any two cities in the world. It seems like Emirates Airlines wants you to be able to fly around the world nonstop. They're flying now to Panama City, to Auckland, New Zealand, pretty soon the Sydney.
Sure. I mean, I've never been to the Middle East before. And the United Arab Emirates are right there on the Arabian Peninsula, right next to Saudi Arabia. I thought, this will be super cool.
And finally, I'm in the Emirates . And the United Arab Emirates , as you know, have a little money. And this is the Emirates Palace in Dubai, which at the time, was the most expensive hotel in the world.
And the United Arab Emirates , as you know, have a little money. And this is the Emirates Palace in Dubai, which at the time, was the most expensive hotel in the world. $3 billion luxury accommodation.
The triumphalist entrance gate, that's this little building right here. That's the Emirates Palace, which actually has as much floor space as the Pentagon. There's a kilometer of private beach and they have-- it was insane.
You don't see the rich and poor. But in the Emirates , it's right there. This is a couple days later.
But to my dismay, the demands of the solar cells did not stop there. The United Arab Emirates recently conducted one of the largest cross-comparison tests of solar technologies to date. And they did so because they were building this eco-metropolis called Masdar City.
name it have set up pretty sizable presence in campus campuses in uh in in uh in Doha and Qatar and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates very much welcomed by the host governments because through that process you are educating uh the next generation of these countries it is having impact on women's rights it is having impact on political Norms in these countries and it's being
It's really good to be here with all of you. I'm here to talk about the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Hands up if you've been to the festival.
And I got to spend a lot of time with him and his family. So we're very proud of our Emirates astronaut.
across the world. I have the immense pleasure this afternoon here in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to welcome her Excellency, Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development for the United Arab Emirates . Thank you. Thank you, Selim.
And what that means is that people are trafficked into Uganda, through Uganda, and Ugandans are trafficked from Uganda all over the world-- far off places like the United Arab Emirates , Thailand, Malaysia, and China. So it's a huge issue.
It's not because they have better aircraft. That airbus can be purchased by Emirates and Cathay Pacific and British Airways. It's not because they use better airports or better travel agents, or even a better website.
These are, umm, star dunes in Yemen. Very hard driving up there. And this is in the Emirates . There is a little -- this little city right there, it's a medieval fort.
And so yes, the Gulf states will end up having to pay a lot of money directly to Iran, but that'll be negotiated by the Qataris, by the Emirates , by the Saudis, not Trump's problem. Second is that they continue to work in direct negotiations with the Iranians to see if they can achieve some kind of
how they could do in these special enclaves, you know. Which it is Dubai and the United Arab Emirates in the world today.
Yes, I fly Emirates . There is Wi-Fi connection.
Definitely, in the Emirates , we don't live in that landscape.
But after the fact, Emirates were very supportive and saw that it was something that was important.
Start-ups can market a lot more efficiently using Google. We have one friend, Emirates pilot, who drove for a day to show that this is actually something great.
And he has been under surveillance by the United Arab Emirates government for years.
awful um sorry you had a question there I'm sure no just just what what's being done I mean uh what very um well I mean the Emirates has a has a project um it's last year was the year of reading and it was interesting because they're promoting the idea of reading and there's all kinds of support for for kids in particular particular but there
was interesting because they're promoting the idea of reading and there's all kinds of support for for kids in particular particular but there was also a program right across the Arab world that the Emirates um established where they would try to encourage kids there was a kind of competitive thing where they would encourage them to read I think 50 books a year um and there was I don't know I can't remember how
could certainly organize greater greater events like that but then the other thing is you know what are you going to read yeah and that's that's another problem that we have and so again the Emirates has a translation uh program um it's they translate about a 100 books a year it's a whole bunch of different kind of subjects everything from Spinosa to you know uh uh face reading and stuff
just the creation of Technology but more of the the the kind of the philosophical ramifications of of Technology um and you know we we do have uh initiatives again in the Emirates um where you know we've got these Rob robotic competitions and drone competitions and we've got you know the New York University with its mathematics and computer science departments but how are we looking at
I had no idea where Sharjah was when they wrote me and said, hey, would you like to come to our book festival. Turns out Sharjah is one of the United Arab Emirates . So you've heard of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, most likely.
That office building size thing, that's the entrance gate to the Emirates Palace. I'm standing on the steps of the Emirates Palace looking out at the entrance gate. It's actually best viewed by one of your products, Google Earth.
The influence Well, you can imagine it's a great honor for all of us working in the pavilion to do this particular project. And why, because the United Arab Emirates are hosting the World Fair, and we are doing their nation opera. Now, you see the idea, sometimes it's good if you jump back, you see, into the past.
Actually, it was also played in Emirates .
I'm seeing all this stuff. And finally, I'm in the Emirates . And the United Arab Emirates , as you know, have a little money.
A question was put by a-a-an article that was published in United Arab Emirates recently,
First of all to find enough tequila to make margaritas in the Arab Emirates is a big job.
There's really no -- there's no life out there at all. And this is where the Empty Quarter bumps into the United Arab Emirates and this is a -- they tried to stabilize the sand with pumping ground water into a little drip irrigation system.
that are starting to form. You've got the United Arab Emirates together with Israel. You remember the Abraham Accords
and economic growth. And happiness ministries have popped up in the Emirates ,
And I got to spend a lot of time with him and his family. 1,400 is nothing. And we hope, as Emirates Literature Foundation, to be able to start a project that works on this.
And what you'll notice in the picture is there are many roads leading to the pavilion. And we wanted to make that reflective of this country, especially with the likes of Emirates DXB. It's one of the largest transportation and transit hubs.
Indeed-- so thank you for sharing this personal view of the UAE culture. We all travel. And for the people who live in Dubai or United Emirates , when we travel abroad, everyone talks about the tallest building in the world, which is a feat by itself definitely.
Yeah, we talk a lot about the percentage of the Emiratis and the non-Emiratis. Yet, I feel proud that there's this achievement of-- and a united Arab Emirates is not because of just the Emirati. It's because of the Emirati accepting the other, because of the Emirati working with the others, because the Emirati helping other companies to set up
And you may call it emulative innovation, but the Emirates are great at that.
But my first film, "City of Life" was in Emirates , although we had a flight attendant
Start-ups can market a lot more efficiently using Google. Game changing. So I have a question with respect to the Emirates here.
had heard about the Trevor Noah show and actually which which tells you something right y yeah um and actually what they did was uh the Abu WTV um which is you know Abu WTV the capital of the Emirates um took clips of the Trava show and broadcast it uh with the Nightly News um and dubbed it into Arabic so you know
that you know from a Global Perspective and how we fit into you know the the push of Technology around the world um know supposed e economic power and we're not invited to a critical question like that even though you know the Emirates we have a very good relation with the