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A preview of future vision - 'Our Dubai : Our Life'

April 12, 2013

Dubai, Apr 12: His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice -President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and VIPs, today viewed the concept for the implementation of the project named “Our Dubai: Our Life” which formulates a future vision for the emirate.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid also viewed the design of “Dubai Monument” which is meant to bear witness to the vision of the leadership and the people and to express the renewable and interactive vision of Dubai as embodied in social and cultural harmony among the all cultures and members of the community and in its incessant progress.

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Shaikh Mohammed was briefed on the details of the plan by Aisha Abdullah Miran, Assistant Secretary General of the Dubai Executive Council who said that the idea came up to the team of the General Secretariat to forge the future vision for Dubai to transform it into the city of the world rather than the global city.

Miran noted that all nationals and residents in the emirate are invited to take part in the formulation of this vision with their thoughts and opinions to enrich the content of the project and to reflect the positive interaction among all segments of the community in Dubai, which is part of the diversified and secure society of the UAE.

The idea also proposes launching the process of designing of the “Dubai Monument” as an international competition among Emirati and internationally renowned artists to come up with the design that is in harmony with Dubai’s vision beyond 2015.

Shaikh Mohammed praised the efforts and thoughts of the work team of “Our Dubai: Our Life” who presented him with an album of paintings by 4th-grade students of the Al Ittihad Private School in Jumeirah, Dubai, which reflects their vision for their city.

During the meeting which was held at the headquarters of the Executive Council , Shaikh Mohammed also was briefed on “Galagolia”, the 250-page debut novel by the young Emirati director Dubai Abullah Belhoul who is now recognised as the as youngest Emirati writer.

It took the young author 4 years to produce the English-language book which features Maitha Bin Humaid who lost her father and finds a portal to Galagolia, a new world, and learns that, all along, she had known nothing about her life and that she has inherited the throne to Galagolia.

Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid admired the novel and praised the creativity of the young author who is still under 16 years.

Dubai Abdullah Belhoul presented two copies of her novel to Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid.

Shaikh Mohammed was accompanied by Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group, Shaikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, Director-General of Dubai Ruler’s Court, Abdulla Abdul Rahman Al Shaibani, the Secretary General of Dubai Executive Council, Khalifa Saeed Suleiman, Director General of the Department of Protocol and Hospitality in Dubai, members of the Secretariat Council’s team.

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June 28,2020

Kuwait, Jun 28: Measures imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in Kuwait are believed to have increased suicide cases in the country, according to a media report.

Forty suicide cases and 15 failed attempts, mainly among Asian expatriates, have been recorded in Kuwait since late February, Gulf News quoted the Al Qabas newspaper report, citing sources as saying on Saturday.

Investigations into the majority of cases have revealed that those who committed suicide had experienced psychological and economic troubles due to dire financial circumstances after their employers stopped to pay them as a result of economic fallout from the coronavirus-related measures.

In one case, an expat livestreamed his suicide while chatting with his fiancee on a social networking platform, the newspaper report said.

Suicide cases have increased by around 40 per cent since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, according to the sources.

Some 70 to 80 suicide cases are recorded annually in Kuwait. Last year, they reached 80 suicides against 77 in 2018.

"Suicide cases have started to go up in Kuwait during the coronavirus pandemic due to fear, anxiety, isolation and instability experienced by people and absence of daily aims that could help the person to spend time regularly as before," the newspaper quoted social psychology consultant Samira Al Dosari as saying.

Uncertainty for some expatriates, whose countries have refused to take them in, is another motive for attempting suicide, according to Jamil Al Muri, a sociology professor at the Kuwait University.

"This is in addition to greed of the iqamat traders, who have brought into the country workers in names of phantom companies and abandoned them on the streets," he added.

Starting from Tuesday, Kuwait will embark on the second phase of a stepwise plan to bring life to normal, Gulf News reportd.

According to Phase 2, a nationwide night-time curfew will be reduced by one hour to run daily from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. for three weeks.

Kuwait has so far reported 44,391 COVID-19 cases, with 344 deaths.

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Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020

YA ALLah save all dispressed people in the earth..

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January 10,2020

Dubai, Jan 10: Iran denied on Thursday that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran had been hit by a missile, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said in a statement, according to state TV.

"All these reports are a psychological warfare against Iran. All those countries whose citizens were aboard the plane can send representatives and we urge Boeing to send its representative to join the process of investigating the black box".

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March 16,2020

Cairo, Mar 16: Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman said G20 summit will work to combat coronavirus and coordinate efforts to ease its economic burdens, state news agency SPA said on Sunday.

In a phone call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Salman discussed international efforts to fight the flu-like disease, saying the next G20 summit, which will be hosted by the Kingdom, will work on finding medical solutions, SPA added.

The G20 Summit is an annual gathering of representatives of the world's largest economies.

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