United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) (Arabic:جامعةالإماراتالعربيةالمتحدة) is a public research university located in Al Ain,United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1976 by the country's first President,Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan,it is the oldest university in the United Arab Emirates and offers courses in various subjects up to post-graduation.
Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi is an Emirati career diplomat who served as the previous Emirati ambassador to Italy,France,Brazil,and non-resident ambassador to Switzerland,Argentine,and Chile as well as the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations.
According to Human Rights Watch,there is substantial discrimination against women in the United Arab Emirates. The status of women has improved over the years. UAE performs better on metrics of gender equality than many other states in the Gulf region,and it has been making reforms to protect women's rights and empower women in different sectors. Critics describe some of these reforms as window dressing.
Yousef Al Otaiba is the current United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States and Minister of state. Previously Al Otaiba served as non-resident ambassador to Mexico. His father is Petroleum magnate Mana Al Otaiba,who served as the president of OPEC a record six times.
Israel–United Arab Emirates relations traces its origins to the early days of the Oslo Accords,where Israeli and Emirati diplomats had contact with each other in the 1990s in Washington,D.C. The first diplomatic facility between the two countries opened in 2015,when Israel opened an official diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates share extensive cultural,military and economic ties,but relations have substantially deteriorated since Arab Spring,and later started to recover in the recent years.
Holy See –United Arab Emirates relations are the foreign relations between the Holy See and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The earliest form of contact between officials of both states was when the founder of the UAE,Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan,unofficially met Pope John Paul II in the 1980s. Relations between the two were not established until 31 May 2007. According to a Vatican communiqué,the diplomatic arrangement was founded on a desire to promote “bonds of mutual friendship and of strengthening international cooperation.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are neighbouring countries in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region,and share extensive political and cultural ties. Saudi Arabia maintains an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate in Dubai of the UAE,while the UAE has an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia.
The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington,D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United States. It is located at 3522 International Court,Northwest,Washington,D.C.,in the North Cleveland Park neighborhood.
Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy is an Emirati politician who is the Minister of State for International Cooperation in the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Mariam al-Mansouri,is the first female fighter pilot of the United Arab Emirates. She was one of the first women to join the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) academy,graduating in 2007. She flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon and led UAE mission airstrikes against ISIS over Syria.
Terrorism in the United Arab Emirates describes the terrorist attacks in the United Arab Emirates,as well as steps taken by the Emirati government to counter the threat of terrorism. Although terrorist attacks are rare,the UAE has been listed as a place used by investors to raise funds to support militants in Afghanistan,Pakistan,and the financing of the September 11 attacks. Businesses based in the UAE have been implicated in the funding of the Taliban and the Haqqani network. In the 72nd session of the UN General assembly in New York,UAE foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan affirmed the United Arab Emirates policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism financing.
Fatima Khamis Salem Khalfan Al Mazrouei is a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates. Ambassador Fatema Al Mazroeui made history when she became the United Arab Emirate's first female diplomat.
Shaikha Najlaa Mohammad Salem Al Qasimi is a United Arab Emirates diplomat who has served as the UAE's Ambassador to Sweden,Denmark,Finland,and Portugal.
Hend Mana Saeed Al Otaiba is an Emirati government official who served as the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to France from 2019 to 2024.
Martina Anna Tkadlec Strong is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates since October 4,2023. She previously served as the de facto United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from January 20,2021 until April 16,2023.
Ahmed Alattar is an Emirati diplomat and who has served as the current United Arab Emirates ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany since 24 October 2022.
