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MARHABA!
UAE hides away a deep-rooted culture that emanates from the desert and looks to the international seas he beautiful United Arab Emirates was formed as an independent federation on December 2nd, 1971 and originally included six emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah. Since the UAE is home to a large ex-
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patriate community, a number of other languages are widely spoken such as Persian, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Chinese. Since then, the seven Emirates have forged a distinct national identity. The UAE’s political system combines tradition and modernism which enabled the country to devel-
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2021
by Mina Vučić
op a modern structure while ensuring that traditions of the past are maintained, adapted and preserved. Hosting such an international community in the Middle East, the UAE is filled with cultural heritage and diversity bringing absolute spontaneity and significance to the Arab world.
