Foresight and patience
It was a great article on reverse brain drain (‘Mohammad Bin Rashid writes on ‘The Brain Regain’, Gulf News, June 8). The UAE has been successful by looking globally into best practices and then customizing for local implementation that creates a vibrant society. We have seen the city grow from desert to a modern metropolis. What seems as an easy achievement to the outside world, actually took a lot of thought, foresight and patience internally to make this happen. It would be a great gift from Dubai to share how they formulated the ideas, the thought processes and the journey with developing nations that are still struggling in the vicious cycle. Everyone knows what is above the surface but the process followed underneath is the key to it. This article is a good step in that direction and these articles in future would help for this purpose.
From Mr Salim
Dubai
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Talking progress
This is a wonderful article and it is very true. May God help the UAE get better than it is today and help developing countries improve from what they are today. We want, in the end, for the whole world to be better than what it is today.
From Mr Asuman Watara
London, UK
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Wisdom for leaders
This is worth reading! There is wisdom here for African leaders.
From Mr Michael
Abu Dhabi
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King of words
This is truly a great article! An excellent analysis of the experience behind writing it. It reminds me of the saying that ‘the words of kings are the kings of words’.
From Mr Hassan
Dubai
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Biased terminology
I live in Dubai and my morning and evening commute is excellent (‘Drivers using two-car trick to beat Sharjah-Dubai border traffic,’ Gulf News, June 8). Reading this article, I find that the use of the word ‘sneaky’ is inappropriate. News is meant to be objective and communicated in a neutral tone. Using of the word ‘sneaky’ to describe people is not only creating a negative bias, but may also be offensive to some readers.
From Mr Rafiq Ali
Dubai
Genius idea
Not only is it genius, but it’s better for the environment. It saves money, it’s less car emissions, and it’s less cars on the road. Less need to carpool: why put money in another’s pocket? Overall, it’s a win-win situation for everyone. You got to do what you got to do to save a dirham because prices are going up. I don’t think it’s sneaky. The heading should change to something like, ‘Go green’.
From Ms Cecilia Zapata
Dubai
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Too much attention
I’m worried that because Gulf News has shown this, all those who have read it will start doing it, and then it will become overcrowded with nowhere to park.
From Ms Aisha Syed
Dubai
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Missing connection
I’m interested in knowing why Al Mamzar Road in Dubai and Corniche Street in Sharjah do not connect. If they did, people wouldn’t have to leave their cars at the end of the roads and it would most certainly ease the traffic on Al Ittihad Road.
Why aren’t there more alternative routes from Sharjah to Dubai? It seems to me that Sharjah made some preparations to make a highway that would connect to Dubai through Al Mamzar. In the end, Corniche Street does not even connect, it ends abruptly.
From Mr Najiram
Dubai
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Feel pity
You call this sneaky? I call them genius! Is anyone out there who can find a solution to avoid the traffic between Sharjah and Dubai? I don’t have to do this drive everyd ay but I feel pity for those who have to.
From Ms Anyang Aniel
UAE
Other option
This is not the only route to walk across to Dubai. Near the Sahara Centre, one can park the car in the sandy area. It is only a two-minute walk from behind the Sahara Centre to Dubai and then one can continue.
From Mr Biju K.
Sharjah
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City growth
I’ve been living in Dubai for the past 10 years, and I have seen this problem ever since then. The emirates have grown exponentially with the developments and amenities. This is a really small problem given the achievements. But, like many others, I am also beginning to believe that traffic congestion on this route is going to be unresolved.
From Ms Mishra
Dubai
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Hoping for no fines
I hope that now the authorities will not start imposing fines on parked unauthorised vehicles as they did earlier in Al Nahda and other areas of Sharjah.
From Mr Arsalan
Sharjah
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T25 football World Cup
Why not a have a ‘smart football’ like there is a ‘smart cricket’ (‘Watch football World Cup on full high-definition channels,’ Gulf News, June 8)? Being an ardent football aficionado, and over-exuberantly gripped by the imminent World Cup fever, I was wondering why a ‘T25 Football World Cup’, something similar to a version of T20 Cricket, is not being considered wherein each team would drag it out from time zero until the end. They would be beginning at the peak of their stamina, speed and skill to take the game to a higher level of improvisation and innovative strategical excellence. And to top it all, football being a spectators’ sport, it would take the delight and awe of the spectators to a new high. It would give a fillip to both the growth of the game as well as its commercial aspiration. Moreover, the older players, having less stamina but high skill, can be made use of to elevate the finesse and fineness of the game.
From Mr Subhasis Mukherjee
Dubai
Brazil deserves the win
I am very excited to see how my team Brazil fares. With all the crisis and turmoil happening in Brazil at the moment, I would be glad if they win this cup for their country. England is my next team that I would like to see doing great. They have some brilliant individual players but have not been able to get through in the warm up matches. Hopefully as the tournament progresses, they will start playing as a team.
Spain versus Netherlands would be the match to watch initially as well as Germany versus Portugal. Hopefully the timing of the matches would not deter us at all!
From Mr Christopher Alphonso
Dubai
Focus on the positives
It would be good if instead of talking about the ‘don’ts’ we talk about the ‘dos’ (‘Zero tolerance for proms that go overboard, UAE minister says,’ Gulf News, June 8). We should not be focussing on the negatives of what is inappropriate, but, instead, celebrate what is appropriate. Give people an example of a fun prom celebration itinerary that is in line with the cultural customs of the UAE. How about instead of telling people what not to wear, post photos of what people can wear to look good and glamourous while still in line with the culture?
From Mr Chris
Dubai
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Shed some light
While I have great respect for the UAE values and traditions, can someone please let us know what is accepted and what is not according to UAE traditions? They are only focusing on proms and high school parties and ensuring that they do not violate the values and traditions of UAE.
From Ms Jane
Dubai
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Not original
Why can’t we be more original (‘Meet Shaheen, the World Cup-predicting camel, Gulf News, June 9)? We are such copy-cats, cutting and pasting just because at the last World Cup an octopus was predicting. Now we come up with a camel?
From Mr Aziz
Dubai
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Superstitious
Camel meat is tasty. I’m wondering if after the world cup, it will be eaten. It is better to have a life without these superstitions.
From Mr Mohammad
Al Ain
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Silly stories
Gulf news is a reputable newspaper in Dubai and predictions and star readings are prohibited in Islam. Yet, they are promoting superstitions and these mindless, silly stories as if there aren’t any real news stories to publish.
From Mr Saif
Dubai
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Fun but shouldn’t speculate
Only God can know the future. All of his creations, including the man who owns the camel and the camel itself, can only speculate on the future. No animal should be attributed silly and outrageous powers of predicting the future or any such powers at all. The news maybe fun, but don’t promote more of such news.
From Mr Roshan
Ras Al Khaimah
Political trend
It’s the same everywhere (‘Dubai to be world medical tourism hub,’ Gulf News, June 8). One of my friends indicated that there is a lot of politics involved among other things in plans like this. A long time ago, the best surgeons and medical doctors would come from an area hoping that things will change and it becomes well known for great medical care. I attended a conference once and Bob Arnot is a good informant of how caring some Arab leaders are, especially towards young people.
From Ms Beth Ann White
Michigan City, USA
Patient care
When I’m sick I want attention first and then all the bureaucracy. I don’t feel the majority of doctors really know how it is to be a doctor. It seems as if they try to make as many unnecessary tests as possible and if they need approval for insurance, you need to wait for a long time for treatment. I feel like they often don’t care about the patient, only about the documents to be filed and money to be made. It’s frustrating.
From Ms Natalia Ovsienko
Dubai
Some go overseas
I find this interesting since, as it has already been said, so many people leave Dubai to get treated overseas.
From Ms Caroline Wareham
Dubai
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