Posts Tagged ‘Emiratis’

Do expats deserve permanent visas?

By Kipp • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's Blog

A debate is raging over whether expatriates in the Gulf should be granted long-term residency – or even citizenship.


Do Emiratis face ‘extinction’?

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, The Life, society

A decrease in fertility rates combined with an imbalanced demographic could lead to UAE nationals – already a minority in their own country – disappearing altogether, warn experts.


Who am I?

By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 25th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, The Life, social

Emirati culture is under threat – and news that UAE nationals will soon account for just 13.3 percent of the population could make this identity crisis more severe.


“We are a minority in our own country,” says FNC spokesperson

By Dana El Baltaji • Nov 23rd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

The UAE is working toward reducing its dependence on expatriate workers, and shifting the workload onto Emiratis...


Emirati families earn 300 pc more than expatriate counterparts

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Abu Dhabi, Middle East Business News

Emirati families in Abu Dhabi earn three times more than their expatriate equivalents, claims the...


You decide the law

By Aarti Nagraj • Jun 8th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, The People, news

The UAE Federal National Council is planning to allow residents to comment on draft laws through its website.


Emiratis: better unemployed than drive a taxi

By Aarti Nagraj • May 24th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The Work

According to a report, the Sharjah Public Transport Corporation has been unsuccessful in finding Emirati taxi drivers.


Where do the Emiratis want to work?

By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, People, The People

A report now says that emiratization has not succeeded in encouraging UAE nationals to join the workforce, even in the public sector.


Do you support Tanmia’s proposal to ban private companies in the UAE from sacking Emiratis?

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 22nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The Work

The results are in.


The labor bubble

By Dana El Baltaji • Feb 15th, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The Work

The UAE government may prohibit private companies from firing Emiratis arbitrarily.


Make room for Emiratis

By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 17th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, Nation, Newsletter, The Life, The Work, news

The ministry of labor has submitted a proposal to employ more Emiratis. But why do Emiratis need encouragement to work?


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