Talk:United Arab Emirates/Archive 1

article currently reads "The UAE also does not allow individuals past retirement age to stay within the country without a job." Is it talking about citizens and non-citizens or just non-citizens? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.87.104.175 (talk) 16:51, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is generally meant to refer to non-citizens, specifically, Non- GCC citizens. I will edit this part soon, in order to make it more clear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.23.98 (talk) 08:05, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently the United Arab Emirates Coat of arms picture was deleted from Commons by Maxim because of: "Missing essential information: license/permission/source". If anyone could provide the coat of arms picture it would be much appreciated. NoPity2 (talk) 14:43, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

this is farid ahmad afghan love to come to the UAE for the permenent leaving there love UAE once i came there for visit a year ago —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.71.220.202 (talk) 10:02, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should this be "God", Nation, President? Considering the phrase, on this page, is written in English?

Allah is the name of what they worship. God is not a noun, it is a proper noun, refering specifically to the Christian entity. To translate "Allah" is highly controversial and relatively misleading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.227.198 (talk) 05:23, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment is POV, and your edit is inappropriate. "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for God. Arab Christians also refer to God as Allah. The word Allah existed in Arabic before Islam was founded, though it referred to pagan gods. Muslims consider their God to be the same one that Jews and Christians worship.

I am not a Muslim, but I do have a background in linguistics. In scholarship, it is appropriate to describe such terms in the manner in which its adherents use it. BTW, "God" is not in the Christian or Jewish scriptures. It is the Germanic word that was used to translate the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek original. Bostoner (talk) 23:46, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think there are some historical facts not mentioned about this beautiful arab country. One of them is that Iran is not mentioned among the countries that current UAE was once part of their territory. I think we arabs should mention these things explicitly since we are not afraid to say the facts and though some time iranians owned our country, but now we are an independent country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.88.155.131 (talk) 03:00, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Facts" on what bases?. Can you supply a reliable source?. From what I understand, some parts of southern mainland Iran were under Quwasim rule -northern emirates ruling family- not the other way around. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.96.226.9 (talk) 09:07, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have really updated and improved this article, as it looked very bad before and not comparable to the other coutry articles. --MoHasanie (talk) 10:16, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The United Arab Emirates is a nation purely socialist whose government was established under the leadership of two gods (Michael Jackson and Tlaloc) following the union of the seven samurais. On 2 December 1971, the six-pack states became a federation like a Covenant (in Halo).[4]

Guys, what does "under the leadership of two gods (Michael Jackson and Tlaloc) mean??? What kind of impact did they have on the formation of the UAE's government? And, two gods??? What's this?

kpal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.154.132.3 (talk • contribs) 06:23, 1 July 2009

I took it out., some 16 year old must have come by and thought it would be funny. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.227.198 (talk) 05:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The section on food has this content included:

Etiquette is an important aspect of UAE Culture and Tradition. The visitors here are expected to show manners and etiquette. Recently many expatriates have not been respecting the laws, and have been arrested, for not wearing enough clothing at beaches, some even being completely nude.[141]

Before the discovery of oil, pearling formed a crucial part of UAE's economy. Pearl fishery, known as ghaus, suffered decline after the advent of Japanese pearl farming. However, the UAE pearl industry laid the foundation of its rich maritime history. Dhows, large wooden ships made from teak wood imported from India, became an indistinct part of the countries maritime fleet and dhow building is still practiced in this Persian Gulf state and perform an important role of trade between countries like Iran, India, and Eastern Africa.[142]

It seems as this should be in another section. Fhaas (talk) 03:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Surely it's unreasonable to describe camel's milk as the national "juice" of the UAE. Wouldn't it be more accurate to describe it as a "beverage" or "drink"? 65.213.77.129 (talk) 14:44, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed it to drink, as juice was not accurate enough. Thank You for pointing that out. --MoHasanie  Talk  22:19, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Describing Camel's milk as the National "Drink" of the UAE is inconsistent with how one of ordinary linguistic skills would typically understand the term "Drink". I've changed it to "Dairy". Coffee might be more appropriate as a national drink symbol, (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_coffee). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ikerus (talk • contribs) 16:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is the point of showing Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania for a country this small? A good "zoom in" to the point where only the Middle East is shown would be appropriate. 83.108.202.186 (talk) 18:21, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding so many subheadings to the article. There is no need to put them. Besides there are no refences provided, AND each section only contains one or two sentences. Also, please dicuss when you're making any significant changes to the article. --MoHasanie  Talk  11:13, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

What is actually the national sport of UAE? One can find it as "camel racing" under the "national symbols" section and it is "football" in the "sports" section! Could anyone find out which is the real national sport of UAE?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Azeezaman (talk • contribs) 19:25, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The government section is terribly confusing. Take the first sentence, "The politics of the United Arab Emirates take place in a framework of a

Ideally, this section would be organized to start with the sentence above, move on to an explanation of what is in the jurisdiction of the UAE and what is in the jurisdiction of the emirates. Then would come, in no particular order, sections on the executive, legislature, and judiciary. If the head of state is not part of any of those branches, that person should get a section before the three branches. -Rrius (talk) 20:50, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some work by working with Politics of the United Arab Emirates, but someone might want to check the section for accuracy. -Rrius (talk) 21:52, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think your changes are quite accurate. Good work! I've always thought the Government and Politics section to be quite confusing. --195.229.235.45 (talk) 15:28, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop vandlising this article. Some IP address keeps adding a climate aveage to this article. But how can a country have an average weather climate. It varies with the region. For example, in Fujairah it rains in June, but no where else in the country. --MoHasanie  Talk  10:58, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Um, hate to break it to you but that is exactly what an average is. A collection of measures of multiple points which are then used to find average. So if it rains in Fujairah, but no where else, this abnormality would slightly raise the average, which would then be balanced out by the climate in other regions. Make sense? Terkaal -- <Warning! Self-Confessed Newbie!> (talk) 07:44, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

first Dubai Meetup page.

I suggest incorporating the Emirates of UAE into this article, for obvious reasons. Listing of political divisions of a country properly belongs to the article about the country, as any normal traditional encyclopaedia would do. --Mistakefinder (talk) 20:47, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{geodata-check}} The coordinates need the following fixes:

• The region for United Arab Emirates is AE. It is showing blank. How to fix it?

Aelfakih (talk) 15:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template Infobox Country does not have a parameter that allows input of the ISO 3166-1 region code. I borrowed parameters "coordinates_type" and "coordinates_display" from a technique used successfully with Infobox Settlement; however, these parameter values apparently are not processed in Infobox Country. BrainMarble (talk) 02:33, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems unlikely that a census has already been conducted in 2010. Is there a source for this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.46.223 (talk) 22:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

الله , الوطن , الرئيس "God, Nation, President"

any sources for this one ??? I am a UAE national , and I have never heard this one before !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.115.77.156 (talk) 15:05, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure. There are various unofficial websites that have similar quotes, but without an authoritative source, I suggest we add a [{Citation needed}] tag for clarity. Added information should not be considered authoritative without citation. It can remain, with the caveat of publicly recognizing its need for sources. Ikerus (talk) 15:36, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to edit the page as I don't normally edit Wikipedia, but I just wanted to mention that in addition to only Hotels only (almost) being allowed to serve alcohol, and only a few stores selling it, you need a license to buy alcohol (i.e. if you want to buy for taking it home). So if you are a foreigner you can only get alcohol at a bar or restaurant which serves it as you are not allowed to buy it in stores (although there are a some illegal ways of getting it). An alcohol license is personal, but you are also allowed to buy alcohol using the license of your spouse.

Can someone who knows what this is *supposed* to say please complete the final clause?

"As Sharia prohibits sodomy, homosexual relationships are not commonly disclosed and homosexual behavior in public."

Obviously the part after the "and" does not present a complete thought, as there is no verb in the clause. In fact, I'll go ahead and edit to remove the clause until someone can come around to fix it. zadignose (talk) 08:41, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The caption of the picture of Dubai on the UAE page indicates that it's from the mid-20th century, but clicking through to the image indicates "I took this photograph at the Dubai Museum, in May 2005." One of these must be wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.88.85 (talk) 21:22, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So the UAE nearly tops the world for its sex ratio, roughly twice as many men as women. Where are the women going? The birth rates are the same as elsewhere, so apparently female death rates (after age 15) skyrocket. This deserves at least a sentence of explanation in the article. What are the causes? Is it something like honour killings? Is it related to sex and marriage practices (since the numbers show that pre-pubescent girls are out-surviving boys in the UAE, as one naturally expects anywhere)? Also, the data on the demographics page seems inconsistent: despite the disappearing females, it claims men to have a slightly shorter life expectancy (as they do naturally). Are all these women travelling elsewhere, or are their deaths caused by a factor that some agency seeks to omit from its statistics? Cesiumfrog (talk) 22:38, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure it's not a case of disappearing females, but of appearing males: a very large part of the population consists of immigrant male workers. Barnabypage (talk) 10:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In that case can we add half a sentence to the article explaining this, and also saying where the women have been left? I take it you're suggesting the main migration current flows from the former USSR to the Persian Gulf? Cesiumfrog (talk) 21:58, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. I'm out of touch with the UAE. When I knew it well the obvious inward migration flows were from the Indian subcontinent, Yemen, the Philippines, Egypt, etc. rather than the former USSR. But there may well be a lot more ex-Soviets now. Maybe someone will come along with some reliable figures. Barnabypage (talk) 10:53, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The UAE does not reveal the nationalities of its 3.2m immigrants. There are some older published estimates in my report to the UN in 2005: http://www.mmo.gr/pdf/news/Migration_in_the_Middle_East_and_Mediterranean.pdf . There is a 2009 estimate by the ILO which puts the migrant labour population at 87% Asian, 8.7% Arab and 1.5% European (probably including former USSR). 85.72.205.36 (talk) 10:16, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't make sense to put a human rights section in the main country page, you can add the article in the see also section of the page. but country pages doesn't usually include this type of information. I checked in many other countries and could not find any other mention of human rights related issues in the main page, for example there is no mention for the human right violations in Guantanamo and AbuGhraib in the USA's main page, and also no mention for human right violations and restrictions in china's page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unbiased 1987 (talk • contribs) 07:13, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Complaining that the content does not exist on other pages, is not a valid reason to not include valid content here. The UAE has long been a point of concern with Human Rights, as much as many may try to hide that fact. If you do feel that the failure to include said violations of other nations on their pages, feel free to do the research and go add them to said pages then. Terkaal -- <Warning! Self-Confessed Newbie!> (talk) 07:48, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately I don't have the time and effort to do the research on almost every single country in the world. going back to the Human rights watch website and checking the number of hits you can find searching the UAE, and comparing that number to the hits you get when searching countries like Russia, USA and Israel for example, I find it odd that someone have chosen to add a whole section about human rights in the country's main page, and that person's neutrality is in question. categorizing the UAE as a "point of concern with Human Rights" should be based on numbers and facts which I fail to observe comparing to other countries. Anyways Wikipedia should accommodate information added by everyone as long as its true, and most of the material in the Human rights section is verified and referenced, but who decides what should go in the country's main page and based on what? shouldn't most country pages contain similar formats and information ? therefore I still believe that the UAE's main page should not have an article about Human rights (like most countries in world that might have a worst record in human rights) and it should be added in the see also section. --Unbiased 1987 (talk) 15:42, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This doubled when I wasn't looking? Come on guys, all estimates put it at just over 4m for 2010, and it was exactly 825,000 natives in the 2005 census, or 4.1 m including immigrants. The data are out there, so this is just sloppy work. 85.72.205.36 (talk) 09:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WoW? Is this for real? UAE has more than 8 million residents and the native Emirati only made up of 9.5% while the Indians made up of 50% of the total population? Jesus, wonder when will UAE formally declare itself a state of India. 203.176.109.10 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:30, 7 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Just like how Australia is now mainly Caucausian... or Singapore is predominantly ethnically Chinese.. just that the UAE won't hand out citizenship that generously... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.43.227.18 (talk) 18:06, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Surely Abu Dhabi city is the core city of Abu Dhabi in the demographics section not Al Ain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaqfalcon (talk • contribs) 11:31, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to this discussion there is no Freedom of Panorama in the United Arab Emirates. Does that mean most, if not all, of these photos being on used on Wikipedia are illegal by UAE law?

• Freedom_of_panorama#United_Arab_Emirates
• Media related to United Arab Emirates on Commons

Thanks, --IncidentFlux ^{[ TalkBack | Contributions ]} 13:00, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some smarty editor thought that India and the UAE are the same country and put India related topics towards the end of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.213.110.119 (talk) 12:33, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hi,

"Torture Controversy: Issa bin Zayed Al Nayhan, the brother of the present ruler of Abu Dhabi, was recently accused of torturing a business partner after a videotape clearly showed him participating in a 3-hour-long torture session in the desert. Abu Dhabi courts cleared him and instead convicted his accusers of drug charges.[63]"

this [63] is a citation of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issa_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan , lol --187.40.181.95 (talk) 04:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Under ethnic group someone put 16.5% "dirty towel heads." Just a little bit racist. I tried to fix it but I couldn't find it in the text edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.9.229.103 (talk) 22:05, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Are each of the emirates, themselves, divided into local governments? Are settlements/urban areas like Dubai and Abu Dhabi run at the local level, or are they governed directly by the emirate? This needs to be made clear when we're talking about the "cities" in the emirates. --Criticalthinker (talk) 09:23, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Politics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Local_politics explains some of this but I agree, a brief reference to it here might be worthwhile. Barnabypage (talk) 11:54, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing to that, but yes, it is still not made clear. Particularly, I'm interested in whether the urbanized area of Dubai is administered/governed at the emirate level, or if there is a local government that covers the urbanized area? --Criticalthinker (talk) 04:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dubai Municipality may be your answer. Barnabypage (talk) 11:48, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've already asked the same question on that page in its "discusson" section, too. The page is embarrassingly sparse, giving not land area or population for the so-called municipality. It sounds like the municipality might not be an actual local government, rather a kind of locally-minded grouping of local services. --Criticalthinker (talk) 10:09, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is a government body, I've been in its offices. :) (A while ago.) Barnabypage (talk) 16:04, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, then, how many square kilometers/miles does municipality cover, then? Every other city page on wiki lists as the most basic measurements of a city the population and land area. Why is it so hard to find the municipal boundaries of Dubai Municipality/City? I'm a bit tired of beating around the bush. --Criticalthinker (talk) 01:10, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why some contents of the lead section are holded?? and I dont find any discussion on this page also. --Omer123hussain (talk) 06:15, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you mean "bolded", it's standard Wikipedia practice - see

WP:BOLDTITLE. Barnabypage (talk) 14:29, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply

]

Somehow the entire article has been turned into a link to a somewhat questionable picture. Someone with more knowledge than me should fix this Googlypoo (talk) 03:30, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The colored map is fine except for one omission: This is the tripartate town of Dibba on the Gulf of Oman, and on the border with Oman's Mussandam Peninsula. Oman, and the UAE Emirates of Sharjah and Fujaira, each own part of it. Also another minor but important omission is the Neutral Zone between Emirates Dubai and Abu Dhabi, established because of their mutual interests in shared oil and natural-gas fields.

Kaelin von Gross — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.105.190 (talk) 22:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I take exception to the analysis that the UAE is neither a monarchy nor a republic. It is indeed an Elective Federal Monarchy. The title of president may be considered as "presiding monarch" or "president of the council of rulers". Traditionally (if not constitutionally), the hereditary Emir of Abu Dhabi is always "elected" president by the other 6 Emirs on the ruling council. The heriditary Emir of Dubai is always elected Vice President. There is no question that the UAE is a unique type of monarchy; it is in fact, (or de-facto), an elective monarchy comprising the federation of 7 absolute monarchies (Emirates). The elective monarchies in Malaysia and Samoa are somewhat similar.

Kaelin von Gross — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.105.190 (talk) 22:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Woah woah woah, come on everybody let's slow down a bit here.

This article was once rated "Good" rank.

To be totally honest, it now reads like I'm stuck inside a spiraling mess of delusions of grandeur and immunity to neutral coverage.

I may be a bit of a point out and not edit, editor, but this is just flat out insane.

So can we stop the "Your government has done so much for you" arguments. Can we stop the "I think the UAE is evil!" opinion thrusting. Can we stop the "I think the UAE is the best thing since sliced bread!" chanting. Can we stop the "Hello I want help with deciding if this is a good company" offtopic asks. Can we stop the "Oh Dubai is a lovely holiday destination, let me start talking about my wonderful time there" travel reports. Can the emerati population of editors here try seperate themselves from their commendable, but misplaced in this situation, national pride and stop slanting this article away from an informative neutral article towards it's current form, nothing more than a propaganda filled "Government Authorised Truth". Let's be totally honest here, this is typical over-patriotic behaviour that time and time again quickly destroys all credibility that any user-controlled information on the UAE has.

It might be good intentioned, or simply sticking up for a nation you're proud to call home, but this is not the place. If you want to go do that, write into a tabloid, on your opinions, talk to friends, organise a pro-UAE or anti-UAE party if you so please (Oh and to any over-zealous CID or Ministry official reading that, calm down, I'm not enciting rebellion against the UAE here, though that does seem to be the usual excuse that gets spouted out.)

Last I checked? The UAE propaganda and social brainwashing machine has no jurisdiction here, nor does the hate fuelled biased criticisms of any arab nation by the western world that is seen all too often.

So what do you say editors? Let's drop our engrained pride issues and get this article back to it's old "Good" Status?

In the mean time, I'm making a start, this is just way too unencyclopedic to ignore. It makes me ashamed to call myself a resident of the UAE even, seeing us essentially bend over and being doctorined into this patriotic blindness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terkaal (talk • contribs) 06:51, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In the ethnic groups section, it should be 16.6%

Eh....no. The United Arab Emirates, though young, are recognised as a nation-state by the international community and therefore are considered to have a legitamate claim to it's identity as a nation-state as much as say for example the United States.

Secondly, When the nation was founded, natives in the form of bedowins largely settled into various points in the emirates on a more pernament basis and thus became the first Emiratis, though arguably just Arabs settling from other locations. However, since then, one if not two generations have been born from these settlers and can be considered full Emiratis.

As for the small percentage, there is a large amount of the emirati population which goes for education or work outside of the UAE and thus attributes to the percentage. Terkaal -- <Warning! Self-Confessed Newbie!> (talk) 07:31, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oil production in the UAE has fallen by more than 30% since 1998. Oil and gas exports are now only 37% of the budget. Some UAE countries as Dubai will run out of oil by 2025.^[1]As a result, the UAE is seeking to pursue a post-oil economy meaning that the economy will be diversified into several non-oil related activities. These include tourism, real estate and commercial projects. ^[2][3][4]

add in article 91.182.177.101 (talk) 10:05, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This review is

transcluded from Talk:United Arab Emirates/GA2

. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: TheSpecialUser (talk · contribs) 02:59, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Will do it shortly! TheSpecialUser ^TSU 02:59, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Quick-Fail: Here are just few points that make this article appear nowhere near a GA.

• Lead- pretty bad. Not only poorly written, I'm not getting a flow and things just seem to come up one after another. It needs a re-write.
• Sources- Large number of them won't considered as
  WP:RS
  by me.
• Ref need- Many facts need ref.
• Prose- It is not good enough and needs copyediting.
• Neutrality- There exists few peacock terms and some lines doesn't make me comfortable as they need to be written from a NPOV.
• Odd note with no ref
• See also section has too many extra things
• The article is full with maintenance tags and many are needed.

TheSpecialUser ^TSU 15:31, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We can take out some useless info — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curlysherly123 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Under the 'Political divisions' section the first 2 sentences are out of date and inconsistent with the more up to date data at the bottom of the section. 67.185.170.217 (talk) 06:34, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is an open invitation for participating in the RFC about the utility/redundancy of WP:RFC/City population templates. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! Mrt3366(Talk?) (New thread?) 07:18, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply ]

Languages

I changed the languages section to reflect the major languages spoken by the UAE's expatriate population and to then refer to the wide range of other languages rather than have people enumerating each of the minority languages spoken, after someone added 'Albanian'. Taken to its logical conclusion, the list would be huge as there are over 160 nationalities represented in the UAE's expatriate population. Hope this is an elegant solution. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 10:15, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yup go for it. Same as with other countries in the world, there are dozens of languages spoken here and it is okay to include the most common ones only.

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Please change: temperatures reaching 40–50 degrees Celsius in the cities

to: temperatures reaching 40–50 degrees Celsius (104-122 degrees Fahrenheit) in the cities

for clarity to US readers. 54.240.196.185 (talk) 19:15, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I support this, but don't have time to do it right now. Should probably make use of {{Convert}}. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 19:29, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks, NiciVampireHeart 19:38, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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2.50.149.196 (talk) 05:18, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:52, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oil reserves ranking

The article states that the "UAE's oil reserves are the fourth-largest in the world", but both the citation link and the Wikipedia article of List of countries by proven oil reserves rank UAE as the 7th. It's an easy fix I would do myself, but I don't seem to have editing priviledges. Thanks.

Done. Cheers. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:07, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Grammatical correction: "The UAE's economy is the most diversified in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with its most populous city of Dubai emerging into an* center for international trade and transport.[10][11]" *should be 'a'. No big deal, but I thought I'd throw this out there. Wpursell (talk) 19:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cannolis (talk) 21:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Joournalism2k16 (talk) *although an is correct.

Layout needs attention

Could someone please check the sections on religion and education. Something is wrong with the layout and it is beyone me to fix it. kritikos99 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- [?] Looks good to me now; how about to you? -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:11, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Under the section 'Saudi Rule (1744-1891) there is a reference to Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa, "Sheikh Zayed was a strong leader and all tribes along his Emirates treated him with respect." which appears to confuse him with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, his grandson. In the time of ZBK Abu Dhabi had no influence over the Northern emirates which were dominated by the Qawasim. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 04:31, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This whole section is way too large a part of the article for what was a temporary occupation of a small southern oasis town (Buraimi) - in fact, the heading 'Saudi Rule' is highly questionable as the emirates of the coast were never formally ruled by Saudi Arabia. Most of the text under the heading does not relate to any period of Saudi Rule.

The emirates currently forming the UAE were at one time - up until 1891 - part of the second Saudi State? This is an extraordinary claim made on the basis of no citation and which is clearly disproved by a large bulk of well known and documented history. The rulers of what became known as the 'Trucial Coast' - Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al Qawain and Fujeirah were regarded as sovereign by the British, the dominant power in the region at the time, and were signatories to treaties (ie: recognised as being in a position of authority to make treaties rather than as being Saudi vassals) with the British in 1820, 1843, 1853 and in 1892. In fact, Saudi invaders were driven from Buraimi in 1870 by the then ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:10, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I HAVE EDITED the history section to remove the spurious and wholly uncited sections referring to Saudi rule over the UAE and have replaced these with a cited and (I hope!) well structured history that accurately reflects the various influences over the formation of the UAE, from Christianity and Islam through the Portugese to the British. There's more to do, but this is at least an accurate reflection of documented history. Cheers. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:53, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Several proposed changes:

1. In the lead, second paragraph, please change "and chooses one of its members to be the president of the federation of the seven emirates" to "one of whom is selected as the president of the federation".
2. In the same paragraph, please change "which is also the state's center of commercial and cultural activities" to "which is one of the two centers of commercial and cultural activities, together with Dubai".
3. In the independence section (1.5), second paragraph, please change "then call the rulers of the other five emirates" to "then call the rulers of the other seven emirates" because their intention was to invite the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar too.
4. In the independece section, second paragraph, please change "The emirates of Bahrain and Qatar were also invited to join the Union, but they declined the invitation." to "Bahrain and Qatar declined their invitations to join the union" to simplify the sentence.
5. In the independence section, third paragraph, please change "It was a founding member of the Gulf Cooperation Council in May 1981 and its first summit was held in Abu Dhabi." to "It was a founding member of the Gulf Cooperation Council in May 1981, with Abu Dhabi hosting the first summit." in order to clarify the sentence.
6. In the law section (3.1), second paragraph, please change "However, Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah do not belong to the national judiciary." with "However, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah are not part of the federal judicial system." based on a virtually duplicate but slightly clearer sentence from the third paragraph of the law section.
7. In the law section, third paragraph, please remove the duplicate sentence "Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah are not part of the federal judicial system."
8. In the sports section (6.2), please remove "The great rivalries keep the UAE energized as people fill the streets when their favorite team wins" because this appears to be commentary.

Thanks in advance. 92.40.248.224 (talk) 02:08, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done all, except for #3, which I don't understand at a glance. Materialscientist (talk) 05:10, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The population in the infobox is outdated/incorrect. The CIA World Factbook source listed does not specify July 2013 as the date for the population estimate and rather has an NA in place of the estimation date. Google currently relies on the World Bank for its population estimate, so I think it would make sense to replace the current estimate with that one. Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 10:31, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Looks good (World Bank is ref.) What does "(93rd)" mean? (in the box after the 9.2million population number.) -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:26, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"(93rd)" is an active link, so I answered my own question (and find UAE has moved up to (91st). -- FYI, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:32, 5 July 2014 (UTC) -- PS: Does it need to be explained to the reader?[reply]

The proportion given for South Asians is wrong. According to the linked source, it should be 3.5m/6m = 58% rather than 12% — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:1120:46C9:8402:89A2:A70:C718 (talk) 16:41, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! It would be great if you could create this article: Tourism in the United Arab Emirates!

Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from Tourism in Brazil and Tourism in Germany. :) Use proper sources! Thanks & all the best, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 21:00, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The map does not include South Sudan, it needs to be updated. --WhyHellWhy (talk) 04:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject, so forgive me. However, I see that a recent edit changed the government type in the info box from "republic," to "monarchy." As far as I understand, U.A.E. is neither. If it's a monarchy, then who is the monarch...? i.e., who is the king of U.A.E.? There isn't one. The U.A.E. is a "union" or "federation" of states, each of which may be a monarchy. The problem with infoboxes and classification is that they lead to shorthands and poor assumptions, such as that U.A.E. should be regarded as a state rather than a union of states.zadignose (talk) 04:22, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It can be considered a monarchy because article 4 of the constitution stipulates that the Emir of Abu Dhabi is the President of UAE, who is also the president of the Federal Supreme Council, the body of the seven emirs. The head of state comes from the monarchs of the emirates. If the federal government was a republic, the head of state of the UAE as a whole would be elected by a non-royal citizenry independent of the emirs.

And calling UAE a state is accurate since a federation is supposed to be a union (of "states") that itself functions as a country through a federal government. Abstractematics (talk) 07:06, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I accept the definitions above as relating to U.A.E., as I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable on the topic. However, in a more general case, it's worth mentioning here in talk that neither "federation" nor "union" necessarily implies the creation of a "state." E.g., the European Union is certainly not a state, and neither the Union of African States nor the Federation of Arab Republics was a state historically. zadignose (talk) 06:41, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could the person who keeps logging in and deleting sections relevant to the early tribal history and Islamisation of the UAE please stop just deleting stuff and perhaps have a talk about it first? Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you can just remove it.

The UAE was tribal and, in fact, still is.

The arrival of Islam in North Eastern Arabia (Previously Oman, Trucial Oman, The Trucial Coast and now the UAE) is part of the UAE's history, the reason it is an Islamic nation today.

Thanks. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:03, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An IP user swung by a while ago and added:

Dubai suffered from a significant economic crisis in 2007-2010 and was bailed out by Abu Dhabi's oil wealth. Dubai's current prosperity has been attributed to Abu Dhabi's petrodollars.[15] Dubai is currently in extreme debt.[16]

to the header of this article. While there's no doubt that Abu Dhabi did help Dubai out during the GFC, I'm not sure it a) amounted to a bailout b) it needs to go in the summary section of the UAE article or c) that Dubai suffered any less than the rest of the Emirates - or indeed world - from the GFC. Does the UK article lead with the details of bank bailouts by the government during the GFC? Then why apply a different standard here? Also Dubai's prosperity has been attributed sure, but by one voice in a marginal citation that is in any case opinion and not borne by fact. Dubai's prosperity is clearly due to a huge number of factors, and very few of these are linked to Abu Dhabi's petrodollars. And Dubai's debt is by no means extreme - just because a blogger has written that does not make a level of indebtedness that is, for instance, far less than that of the US extreme. I'd call $17,963,753,617,957.26 extreme.

Any objections to removing these statements? Alexandermcnabb (talk) 15:33, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If these statements are going to be removed, it will make it sound like as if everything is rosy in Dubai, which is exactly what the Dubai Government wants. The objective of Wikipedia is, however, to prevent biased reporting, and hence those statements should not be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.26.123.208 (talk) 09:23, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What the Dubai government does or doesn't want doesn't matter. The statements are sweeping and too strong, placed with undue prominence in the header of an article about the UAE (not Dubai) and backed by shaky citations. Which is surely not the objective of Wikipedia. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 15:00, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, then remove the statements from the header of the article and put it somewhere in between. Also, summarise the bunch of statements in a few words instead. We dont want it to be completely deleted nor do we want to beat around the bush.

I don't think this reads well as one subsection, and it is not chronological as such. Therefore, I have restored "Discovery of oil" as a separate subsection. Plus the fact that, although the company behind the oil discoveries (IPC) was British led, it was a multinational consortium and doesn't fit well into the "British era" section, Bearing in mind that oil is the foundation of most of the UAE's wealth, it surely deserves a separate subsection.3ig3asy (talk) 20:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are too many sub-sections in the history section. Look at good articles like Australia (history section), good articles don't normally have numerous sub-sections in the history section. The United Arab Emirates (Trucial States) was a British protectorate, so there was a "British era" in the UAE's history. The UAE was still a British protectorate when oil was discovered. The UAE gained independence in 1971, oil was discovered before 1971 when the UAE was still a British protectorate. It's not necessary to have numerous sub-sections in the history section. The UAE has a relatively brief history, look at good articles, countries with a long history (like Azerbaijan, Turkey, Switzerland, Malaysia, Philippines) don't have so many sub-sections in their history section. 103.251.65.101 (talk) 20:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps this is not the right place to debate the exact status of the Trucial States, since their rulers had autonomy over their internal affairs, and "protectorate" had a specific meaning to the British, ie: the Aden Protectorate, and the Trucial states did not fall into this category. But I never disputed that there was a British era in the UAE's history, so let's leave it at that. I accept your reasoning about the number of subsections, and so agree with the one title, but the chronology is still awry. Thanks for your advice.3ig3asy (talk) 21:34, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article currently says, “The Jebel Jais mountain cluster in Ras al-Khaimah has experienced snow only twice since records began,” citing a Gulf News article that says no such thing. This was added by the IP User talk:192.43.227.18, which has a history of adding claims of dubious accuracy to many articles. Is it actually true? I don’t want to delete it unless it’s actually false. Kragen Javier Sitaker (talk) 19:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's snowed on Jebel Jais before. The peak has been 'completely covered' by snow only twice according to media reports although it has long been so remote that nobody would have seen snow on it: there's now a road to the peak. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:19, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how to use the infobox country template to get it to link the text under the flag (that reads "Flag") to the page about the flag: Flag of the United Arab Emirates. Anybody able to figure that one out? Also, in the media viewer, at least on my end, if you click on the flag it appears with the caption "Flag of the United kingdom" which seems odd to me. However, this did not happen when I disabled media viewer, or when I viewed the same image in the media viewer coming from any other page. Helixer (hábleme) 05:15, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the part talking about rape. Quotes such as Rape victims are sometimes criminalized in the UAE are original research, because they are not rape victims, but people that were allegedly raped, and their version was considered a lie from authorities. So, this is clearly POV and not admissible. I deleted examples concerning particular cases such as those of Marte Dalelv, because they are not relevant on a very general page such this one. --

I removed the part about rape victims sometimes criminalized. Several women reported being raped and were jailed. Human Rights Watch and other organizations have criticized the UAE government for jailing women who report rape. This article doesn't cherry-pick information.---Humanrightsuae 22:06, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The opinion of western media is irrilevant. The only thing to consider is the opinion of local judiciary. Please stop to insert this. Thank you.

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Sharia in the United Arab Emirates. In fact, I would say that the sections "Sharia law" and "Human rights" could probably be trimmed to the main points of the respective linked articles. Deunanknute (talk) 13:28, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply

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Sharia in the United Arab Emirates. Deunanknute (talk) 13:32, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply

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@Humanrightsuae:By shortened, I mean that any information on single occurrences should be removed from the main article, and moved to the appropriate sub-article. The main article should have an overview of the information. Deunanknute (talk) 13:51, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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In the intro I propose editng the line "The UAE has been criticized **in the West** for its human rights record, including the role of Sharia law in its legal system". There is a lot of back and forth in the archives on the due weight to accord to the human rights record. My guess is to many users of english wikipedia, UAE is noteworthy primarily because of its human rights record, so maybe its mention merits this kind of prominence. On the other hand, that is still the pov of a particular demographic. In situations like this, where one group characterizes another group in a controversial way (eg Sharia law==human rights violation), why not be explicit about exactly WHO is saying WHAT. Instead of a bare passive like "UAE has been criticized". The links provided are to the US dept of state, with which UAE has a rather complicated relationship, and human rights watch, a western advocacy org. So unless there are noteworthy non-western sources, why not be clear about it.Snarfblaat (talk) 19:59, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The following remark occurs at the end of the "Economy" section of the article titled "United Arab Emirates": "...even though they show scant regard for work and learning on the job." Here "they" refers to Emiratis. This is a sweeping generalization that is insulting and unsupported. The reference [224] that is given does not support this. Rather, that reference is a commentary on student attitudes in the UAE that says something that one often hears about U.S. students as well. In any case, reference [224] says nothing about attitudes toward work or learning on the job. If someone who's experienced in editing (which I am not) agrees with me, perhaps you should delete that comment. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:8900:EF1A:60E0:B6B5:7CD0:659A (talk) 21:58, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note! I'll take a look at that for you.Jlevi (talk) 15:45, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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please change doing business ranking- Currently it shows 2011 Ranking, please make it to 31st ranking as per 2016 Index Maitreyeepurohit (talk) 06:03, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 12:51, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

United Arab Emirates Contents 1 History 1.1 Antiquity 1.2 Islam 1.3 Ottoman and Portuguese era 1.4 British era, discovery of oil 1.5 Independence (1971) 1.6 After independence 2 Geography 2.1 Flora and fauna 2.2 Climate 3 Politics 3.1 Foreign relations 3.2 Military 3.3 Political divisions 4 Law 4.1 Human rights 4.2 Dress code 5 Media 6 Economy 7 Transport 7.1 Expo 2020 8 Demographics 8.1 Religion 8.2 Largest cities 8.3 Languages 9 Culture 9.1 Food 10 Sports 11 Education 12 Health 13 See also 14 Notes 15 References 16 External links

the information or the article is very old it must be updated cues it has fault information about the UAE that will give a bad influence about the UAE

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The infobox on this page shows 1942 as the year of "Establishment from the United Kingdom" for Fujairah. On the Fujairah page, under the history heading, the statement reads: "In 1952, Fujairah entered into treaty relations with Britain". This is also the year listed in the

Well spotted - and yes, you're right. I changed this, also the date of Dubai and Sharjah's recognition, which came with the 1820 treaty. It's arguable the other emirates should also be dated 1820... Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:39, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Should "dawlat" be in the Romanization? It does not seem to be included in the Arabic script. Nicole Sharp (talk) 19:05, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is it really necessary to put homsexuality into the same paragraph with sodomy? That puts it into the same context and follows the prejudice that homosexuals had to fight all around the world to not be seen as a sexual abnormity. I am very much convinced that wikipedia can do better here.

I think it's okay the way it is. It's not really prejudice just the way that homosexuality/sodomy is seen there. 09:16, 12 October 2016 (UTC) Update by Emir of Wikipedia (talk)

I assumed that it's because it is put into the same category there - but that shouldn't be something taken over uncommented. Adding something along the lines of that they are seen in the same category over there would be sufficient to make it clear that it's not the view of Wikipedia to put it together but of UAE.

And frankly spoken, did you leave your name out of the comment intentional? "Emir of Wikipedia" sounds a bit like you might share that view/mindset and rather want to spread spread. This really feels like an agenda issue in that respect.

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The Arabic text under the English name (United Arab Emirates) on the right just translates to United Arab Emirates, whereas the Arabic transliteration translates to State of the United Arab Emirates. You need to figure out which one you want to use and unify the two. If you want it to be just "United Arab Emirates", you need to delete "Dawlat-" from the transliteration. If you want it to say "State of the United Arab Emirates," you need to add دولة to the front end of the Arabic text - i.e., the full Arabic text would be: دولة الأمارات العربي المتحدة - Watch out for the wraparound of the text.

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Hello, it seems the pictures used for police cars in the law section are not what the captions say. I have a hard time believing without a source that the 6 or so Bugattis / Ferraris are "at work" in this picture, or even that they are used for anything else than for show. Should we put more realistic pictures? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.16.108.185 (talk) 02:28, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

They're fine. The supercars are used for displays, school events etc but they also go on patrol and are frequently to be seen on the roads here. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:21, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Maybe add something about the UAE military in Yemeni Socotra? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JustOneGuyWithALama (talk • contribs) 16:20, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In the UAE, people drive on the right side of the road, not left as stated in upper right table — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.2.244.212 (talk) 12:58, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Passport section. UAE is ranked 21st, not 1st. 110.50.153.188 (talk) 18:56, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the passport section. Unnecessary. Briefly mentioned in foreign relation section. Wikiemirati (talk) 22:02, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No chance to dispute the claim by one of the Emirs that there was no piracy on the Pirate coast. Bad fir business, I expect. But removal of the protected status purchased by the Emirates would allow debate. Still that was why the status was purchased; to avoid debate. 213.205.240.245 (talk) 17:42, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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I am sure the UAE (now) drives on the right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Csmale (talk • contribs) 14:20, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The image of the car with the caption "Abu Dhabi Police patrol car on duty at Emirates Palace" serves no useful purpose. The police only ever had one of those cars, so it is not representative of the police fleet. (Only seven of those cars were ever made.) Moriori (talk) 19:54, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know where that word came from. It means state. No body usually say "دولة الإمارات المتحدة" Dawlat al-Imarat al-Mutahidah, it's like saying the state of the United Kingdom. It is trivia. It is not the official name. See the Arabic Wikipedia ar:United Arab Emirates. It looks like if it was added because the word Dawalat was with no vowels. I remove it.--SharabSalam (talk) 08:13, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How did you conclude it is not the official name of the country? a quick google search will show several government websites include the word "دولة", links: [6] [7] [8] , in addition, the term "دولة الإمارات" will return more than 8 millions results, I think the edits should be reverted. UA3 (talk) 16:09, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

UA3, The emblem of the United Emirates doesnt say Dawlat. The link you provided doesnt say that the official name has Dawlat in it. The word Dawlat is written behind any state because it simply means "state". If you read the link it says at the title الإمارات العربية المتحدة and yes it says sometimes Dawlat but thats in the middle of paragraphs like "السياسة العامة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة";"the general policy of the state of United Arab Emirates" but when it is alone it, it is written as الامارات العربية المتحدة" look for example next to the "الرئيسية" it says "الامارات العربية المتحدة"--SharabSalam (talk) 16:27, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also this is not a matter of common names, it is a matter of official names. You can find more results for Hakomat al-Imarat (the Government of Emirate). Plus Google hits dont count. The link you provided already proves that it is without Dawlat.--SharabSalam (talk) 16:32, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for clearing that up, I think you shouldn't start with "No body usually say" as it made it unclear to me, Regards. UA3 (talk) 07:08, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the ethnic_groups_ref in the infobox? I used CIA Factbook but I was reverted by Alexandermcnabb.--SharabSalam (talk) 09:34, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The UAE offers businesses a strong enabling environment: stable political and macroeconomic conditions, a future-oriented Government, good general infrastructure and ICT infrastructure. Moreover, the country has made continuous and convincing improvements to its regulatory environment and is generally a top country for doing business. Is this encyclopedic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.237.221 (talk) 12:02, 2 October 2019 (UTC) edited by SharabSalam (talk) 09:53, 7 October 2019 (UTC) to shorten it[reply]