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
She married an Emirati man.
Her children are Emirati .
There is an Emirati man who loses-- I can't remember if it's a brother or a best friend?
So you see an Emirati drinking.
A lot of Emiratis will go see their films.
And my accent or dialect wasn't Emirati .
It happens to be part of our Emirati identity, that we welcome different nationalities
And then you had the Emirati storyline, which quite a lot, actually, was based on events that happened in my life, which
That film became the first Emirati film to be the opening-night film at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival,
"City of Life" was the first Emirati film to have a gala on the red carpet.
It used to be one Emirati film every two years.
And they're wearing traditional Emirati clothing, which means for the women, they wear the hi-jab, which is the head scarf that leaves the face open, the black one.
And we had this mixed team composed of French and Emirati and of course, people from all over the world, as you have in Abu Dhabi.
I don't mind if my boss was not Emirati .
I don't mind working with a non-Emirati .
It'll be a partnership with the Saudis and the Emiratis .
days ago that we saw two attacks targeting Adno vessels attempting to move along the Emirati and Omani coast
I don't think there's a restaurant that does fine dining Emirati .
had an experience between UAE-based artist, Emirati and non-Emirati , working with French manufacturers, and also programming.
Well, I know I'm Emirati and I'm a government official.
Or we want to enjoy food-- not necessarily it's Arabic food or Emirati food.
So his film "City of Light" is actually credited with being the first Emirati feature film, which is huge.
Yes, it is labeled as the first Emirati feature film.
And that short film went on to a competition in the country to win Best Emirati Film amongst many other Emirati films.
Anas Bukhash, also known as AB, is a pioneering Emirati entrepreneur and interviewer.
And they're like, are you sure you're Emirati ?
There's this buzz about this-- it's the first big production Emirati film.
which was quite a big deal at the time, although it was the first and last Emirati film to open because Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Last year in Dubai Film Festival, we had 13 Emirati films.
Last year in the theaters, we had about three Emirati films playing.
We sign these deals called the gold standard with the South Koreans, with the Emiratis , with others.
Yeah, we talk a lot about the percentage of the Emiratis and the non-Emiratis .
And again, at the same time-- how the community, Emiratis or non-Emiratis , know about the Chinese culture-- from food, from music, from fashion, from art.
And I just want, for instance, to congratulate Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, who is a great Emirati artist who
So Omar Saif Ghobash, who is our former UAE ambassador in Russia and in Paris, and he's the author of "Letters of a Young Muslim," so that's your Emirati
My first experience, my first screening at Cinema Akil, I remember we were doing this Emirati feature film.
We introduce dialects, for example, so now the characters speak Saudi, Emirati , Egyptian, Lebanese, and you do that, right?
I said, look, I need you to take this film to his highness and tell him the fate of Emirati cinema lies
But it was a very exciting time because for many years-- and even in Dubai, by the way, there's been no Emirati film to actually open the festival.
So when I was done from my elementary school to high school, my high school had more percentage of Emiratis than Arabs, because of the neighborhood.
This was a world of the Gulf Cooperation Council coming together as opposed to the big fight and the blockade on Qatar by the Saudis and the Emiratis .