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    Samson of Arabia: The man behind the legend

    Nov 2, 2026

    For more than seventy minutes, Ali bin Hassan, whose real name had long been overshadowed by his famous nickname, “Samson of Arabia”, spoke about his...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    To read is to live, a book is a best friend

    Oct 29, 2026

    Reading may begin as a hobby, then grow into a passion. And when that passion becomes as essential to daily life as food and water, reading becomes a...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    Coffee and its damned memories: The brew that enchanted de Balzac, Mahmoud Darwish, Jacques Prevert, Sartre, Voltaire and Rousseau

    Oct 27, 2026

    Perhaps one of the hardest changes we face in everyday life is being forced to give up a habit we have lived with for years. Age, a doctor’s advice o...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    Mohammed bin Rashid’s message: The Gulf is greater than its differences

    Oct 20, 2026

    What unites the people of the Gulf is greater than what divides them. This is the central message His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    DIFF and the power behind the prize

    Sep 29, 2026

    I had just finished moderating a session with four ministers at the Arab Media Summit when I joined Meher, Managing Editor at Emirates 24|7, and Anup...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    From a white wall to the big screen: How cinema travelled from humble beginnings to the Dubai International Film Festival

    Sep 21, 2026

    Before I ever entered a cinema hall, cinema came to us. I was a boy in when a well-known government official introduced us to the magic of moving pic...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    What leadership can build in one generation

    Sep 11, 2026

    Nobody warned me about the streets. I landed in Kigali expecting to be moved by a memorial, and I was, but what caught me first was a city with no ci...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    Mohammed bin Rashid to Hamdan bin Mohammed: A father’s letter to his son — a leader’s lessons to a leader

    Sep 7, 2026

    Some letters are written for an occasion. Others are written for a lifetime. The letter Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid addressed to his son, Sheikh Hamda...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    Mohammed bin Rashid to Mohamed bin Zayed: When a nation is trust, not inheritance

    Sep 7, 2026

    The significance of the letter addressed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to his brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ...

    By Michael Waltz and Massad Boulos

    Peace in Sudan can only flower after a weapons embargo

    Sep 4, 2026

    Sudan has been descending into hell for years. The United Nations Security Council now has a chance to do right by the people of Sudan and remember w...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    Why buy a wedding dress in Dubai? Because Dubai fills this bride with warmth and happiness

    Sep 1, 2026

    My friend Sana is getting married in December in Phuket. She is Tunisian, he is Pakistani, and she was flying through Dubai from Lisbon for two days ...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    Only on Emirates ...

    Aug 18, 2026

    I have a complicated relationship with earphones. Over the years I have tried every kind, wired, wireless, expensive, very expensive. The outcome was...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    Sami Mohammad: From Dubai’s Sidra to the world — when stone speaks

    Aug 17, 2026

    Perhaps many people do not know that a work of art by the late Kuwaiti artist Sami Mohammad stands on one of Dubai’s streets, and perhaps many pass i...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    From the desert sands of Dubai to the pavement in London: I’m awestruck even today, but for a different reason …

    Aug 11, 2026

    When I first set foot at London Heathrow in the early 1970s, I was leaving Dubai and the United Arab Emirates for the first time in my life. It was m...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    The kind of leaders the world needs, I’ve been working with them in the UAE

    Aug 6, 2026

    Last June, I was travelling with friends: Willie, a South African entrepreneur, and his wife Imen, who is Tunisian. Both live in Dubai, like me. We s...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    Rousseau and the UAE's unwritten contract

    Jul 28, 2026

    During one of our meetings, Meher, Managing Editor of Emirates 24|7, had shown me a video of Jazz, his German Shepherd puppy, watching a World Cup ma...

    Meher MurshedMeher Murshed

    Cockroach Janta Party protest: Rhiya Ahir becomes the face of Gen Z movement

    Jul 24, 2026

    August 15-18, 1969, the venue: Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York. More than 500,000 young people attended the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Woodstock...

    Hamed Bin KaramHamed Bin Karam

    FDI target of AED 2.2 trillion by 2031: UAE sets ambitious goals, then builds the path to achieve them

    Jul 22, 2026

    In the UAE’s development journey, major milestones are never announced in isolation, nor are strategic ambitions left hanging in the future. When His...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    Come for two years, stay forever: That’s the magic of Dubai and its quality of life

    Jul 21, 2026

    After leaving Al Jazeera, I was preparing to return to Washington, where I had worked at Alhurra. When Dubai Media Incorporated made an offer, I gave...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal: When a picture captured a moment, a quiet miracle disguised as coincidence

    Jul 17, 2026

    Believe it or not, but miracles do keep happening throughout history. Many lie hidden or dormant until something happens and allow them to surface. L...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    Why the UAE rarely has to choose

    Jul 14, 2026

    In global geopolitics and economics, strategy is usually defined by what a country is willing to give up. The conventional wisdom insists that a nati...

    Abdul Hamid AhmadAbdul Hamid Ahmad

    Skyscrapers define the skyline, great UAE minds guide the nation to glory

    Jul 13, 2026

    Like someone suffering from farsightedness, we often fail to notice what is closest to us. Our eyes—and with them our minds and senses—are drawn to d...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    Etihad Rail: The UAE keeps moving when the world brakes

    Jul 7, 2026

    Everyone carries a smartphone, meetings happen on screens, cars are faster than ever, aircraft connect continents in hours. Yet governments continue ...

    Hamed Bin KaramHamed Bin Karam

    Dubai-it: Emirate establishes itself as a powerhouse of business as office sales soar

    Jul 6, 2026

    The figures emerging from Dubai’s office sales market in the first half of 2026 are not merely a passing real estate surge. And they are more than an...

    Naoufer RamoulNaoufer Ramoul

    UAE: Always a winner, in times of war, in times of peace

    Jun 30, 2026

    Months ago, when I wrote 'Building Resilience: The Infrastructure You Didn’t See ,' I argued that the UAE had spent decades quietly building systems ...