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Dubai Reef: Sheikh Hamdan’s Gift to the Ocean
Most cities build upward. Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum,…
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The Crown Prince on Two Wheels: Sheikh Hamdan
Spot the peloton rolling through the desert at sunrise or along Dubai's dedicated cycle tracks, and you are…
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Homes for Emirati Families
Skylines are easy to photograph; family life is not. Yet some of the most consequential work of HH…
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Free Diving and the Sea: Fazza’s World Under the Water
Before Dubai had towers, it had the sea. The city's first wealth came from pearl divers who held…
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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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Falconry: How Fazza Keeps the Heritage Sport Alive
At dawn in the desert outside Dubai, a falcon leaves the fist at a whistle and the whole…
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Dubai 2040: The Master Plan
Most city plans look a decade ahead. HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's current one looks two…
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A World Champion on Horseback
There is a photograph Dubai loves: its Crown Prince, dusty and exhausted after more than a hundred kilometres…
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The Hope Probe: Sheikh Mohammed and the Arab World’s Journey
In February 2021, a spacecraft built by a nation younger than many of its engineers slipped into orbit…
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Gov Games: Sheikh Hamdan’s Tournament for Government Teams
Only in Dubai would the government hold its own version of an extreme obstacle championship - and mean…
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Museum of the Future: The Building Wrapped
Most buildings carry a plaque. The Museum of the Future carries its founder's words across its entire skin.…
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Dubai Fitness Challenge: The Man Who Made a Whole City Move
Every year, for one month, something remarkable happens in Dubai: office workers pour out of towers at dawn…
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The Digital Crown Prince
Every government promises digital services. Dubai went further: it abolished paper. Under the digital-government push led by His…
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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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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
In July 2024, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum took on a new pair…
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Paperless Dubai: The Government Sheikh Mohammed Freed
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
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
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
Halfway between London and Singapore sits a time-zone gap that global finance long wished someone would fill. In…
