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Falconry and the Desert: The Traditions Sheikh Mohammed Keeps Alive
There is a photograph-worthy contrast at the heart of Dubai: the world’s tallest tower rising minutes from desert…
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HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum — Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai. His vision, decrees and announcements, explained for the people who live and work in Dubai.
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Godolphin and the Dubai World Cup: Sheikh Mohammed’s Love of Horses
Ask HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum about his passions and one answer precedes all policy: horses.…
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The Poet Ruler: Sheikh Mohammed’s Nabati Poetry Explained
Before the decrees and the deadlines, there is the poetry. HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is…
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Dubai Cares and the Arab Reading Challenge: His Gifts to the Young
Of all the gifts HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has given the Arab world’s young people,…
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The Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives: His Humanitarian Empire of Good
Most rulers build monuments. HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum also built an institution devoted to other…
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Homes for Emirati Families: The Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Story
Skylines are easy to photograph; family life is not. Yet some of the most consequential work of HH…
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The D33 Agenda: Doubling Dubai’s Economy in Ten Years
In January 2023, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the Dubai Economic Agenda — known everywhere…
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Dubai 2040: The Master Plan for the City Sheikh Mohammed Wants Next
Most city plans look a decade ahead. HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s current one looks two…
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The Hope Probe: Sheikh Mohammed and the Arab World’s Journey to Mars
In February 2021, a spacecraft built by a nation younger than many of its engineers slipped into orbit…
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Museum of the Future: The Building Wrapped in Sheikh Mohammed’s Words
Most buildings carry a plaque. The Museum of the Future carries its founder’s words across its entire skin.…
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Expo 2020: How Dubai Won the World’s Fair for the Arab World
In 2013, Dubai won the right to host the World Expo — the first city in the Arab…
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Paperless Dubai: The Government Sheikh Mohammed Freed From Paper
In 2021, Dubai announced a world first that no skyline photograph can capture: its government had become entirely…
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Running a City Like a Company: The Dubai Model of Government
Visitors to Dubai often remark that its government does not feel like a government. Services are fast, counters…
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Sheikh Mohammed’s Most Famous Quotes and What They Really Mean
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is one of the most quoted leaders in the Arab world.…
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My Vision: Inside Sheikh Mohammed’s Book on the Race for Excellence
Most rulers leave their philosophy to historians. HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum wrote his down himself.…
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DIFC: How Dubai Built a Financial Centre Between London and Singapore
Halfway between London and Singapore sits a time-zone gap that global finance long wished someone would fill. In…
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Internet City and Media City: The Free Zones That Brought Big Tech to Dubai
In 1999, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced something no Gulf city had attempted: a dedicated…
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The Dubai Metro: A Railway Built Before the Traffic Came
On 9 September 2009, Dubai did something no city in the region had done: it opened an urban…
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Burj Khalifa: Why Dubai Built the Tallest Tower on Earth
On 4 January 2010 — the fourth anniversary of his accession — HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al…
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The World Islands: The Story of Dubai’s Most Audacious Map
If the Palm Jumeirah was Dubai drawing a tree on the sea, The World was Dubai drawing the…
