From Foreign Waters

  Last year, the government set a quota for hiring Emiratis in the private sector. Companies with more than 50 employees were required to have Emiratis form 2 per cent of their workforce by the start of this year. Figures released this month showed that 28,700 Emiratis have taken jobs at private companies since the launch of the Nafis programme, which provides a monthly salary top-up of Dh5,000 to Dh,7000.  Why is it acceptable for an Emirati to stand at a food stall selling food at an exhibition but not in a shop selling clothes?” She went through a divorce prior to that, but says she came out stronger and now takes care of her four children. She said the first question she is asked by Emirati customers is if she is the owner of the shop. “But when they find out that I’m a sales lady, they ask me again if I am an Emirati,” she said. “And then comes shock and pity and the question we are all asked: 'Why are you doing this?'”   “My children are proud ...

An army of girls have joined forces in United Arab Emirates 's capital on a mission to bring an finish to tyranny and violence by being champions of peace. The National was given exclusive access to ascertain 157 cadets undergo their paces in an intensive 10-week coaching course at the Khawla bint Al Azwar Military School, within the UAE’s defense force base in Mahawi. All had their reasons for being within the capital as they began a key stage of their journey to enlist in the UN' peacekeeping corps. Some were spurred on by a want to ascertain associate degree finish to conflict in their homelands, whereas others relished the chance to be a part of a military collective. Fatima Anne T Mendy, associate degree immigration officer from The Gambia, who is in her 40s, aforementioned she had ne'er command a gun till she arrived in Abu Dhabi. The results of Ms Mendy' time within the capital were evident as she picked up an M-16 rifle and took aim at...