United Arab Emirates



UAE Emirates (Arabic: الإمارات), officially the United Arab Emirates (Arabic: الإمارات العربية المتحدة) is a federal Arab state located in the east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, overlooking the southern shore, the Arabian Gulf has a common maritime border from the northwest with Qatar and from the western land and sea borders with Saudi Arabia and from the south, before 1971 the United Arab Emirates was known as the "Trucial States" or "the coast of Oman", in reference to a 19th-century truce between the United Kingdom and many Arab sheikhs, the name: "Pirate Coast" was also used in reference to the Emirates in the region from the early 18th to the 20th century, the political system in the UAE is based on the 1971 Constitution of several bodies that are intricately linked to management, Islam is the official religion and Arabic is the official language. Although he's probably famous among the Arab fandom, he's one of the least known countries in the CountryHumans fandom as a whole.

Appearance
Male Version He's usually depicted wearing an ankle-length, loose-fitting garment made of white cotton, known as a Kandura or Dishdasha, he wears as well a ghutra which covers the head and is held in its place by an agal with a black cord.

Female Version The UAE is mostly depicted as an Arabic country that wear the female outfit. They are rarely seen wearing a plain light pink shirt and a skirt with a magenta bow (Sometimes it's the colour of their flag)

Personality
Their personality is unknown, but some depict them according to their peoples' characteristics, usually social and nice to others, they're also a scientific and intellectual person, they mostly use arguments and logic in their dialogue, try to stay away from the quarrel and everything that causes problems while communicating with those around him yet fail, they're also an open-minded person, as they react positively to new ideas and cultures of other societies and accepts everything differently, they're humble, love to benefit others and disseminates ideas and humanitarian initiatives, they really love their people and are proud of them.

Interest
They want to know the latest news that happens in the world, so they're probably interested in political news, as they have recently become interested in sports, especially football, they also have some cooking interests, especially when it comes to their national food.

Flag Meaning
UAE flag consists of three horizontal lines in green, white, black, and a vertical line in red, these four colours stand for Arabian unity, green refers to goodness and agriculture, abundant throughout the country, white refers to peace, while black refers to courage and power.

Other Symbols

 * The Arabian oryx is the national animal of the United Arab Emirates
 * Prosopis cineraria, commonly known as the ghaf tree, is widely regarded as the national tree of the UAE, this hardy, evergreen species, indigenous to the UAE, is drought-tolerant, a master at surviving searing winds and the fierce glare of the sun.
 * Falcon is the national bird of UAE and is a symbol of force and courage, recognizing the importance of falconry in Arab tradition and culture, the Falcon species has always been regarded as a very uncommon and shy bird, and it is very rarely met with by amateur birdwatchers.

Nicknames

 * Emir, Gulf Tiger, or Arab Gulf Tiger, is a nickname for Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is a country in the Middle East.
 * the City of Gold, it's also a nickname given to Dubai since it has grown Stanley from a sleepy Gulf port to a world-famous business crossroads in the space of a single generation, its nickname also has a literal meaning for traders in the precious metal.

Etymology
The United Arab Emirates refers to the seven Emirates that formed a union among them: Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Dubai and Ajman, Emirate of Sharjah, Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, Emirate of Umm-Al-Quwain and Emirate of Fujairah.

Origin of Languages
The official language of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic. Modern Standard Arabic is taught in schools, and most native Emiratis speak a dialect of Gulf Arabic that is generally similar to that spoken in surrounding countries.

Pre-Iron Age
The oldest human relics in the UAE date back to about 7000 BC, on the island of Dalma off the coast of the Emirates found traces of the oldest human settlement settled in the West Gulf region, there are also a number of archaeological and heritage sites in the UAE that date back to the Stone Age and beyond, ranging from the effects of human villages and burials, especially in the coastal region of the country, the vast majority of ancient finds date back to the Bronze Age, and although there was no ample information on successive human civilizations during that period, they could be divided into three episodes, the first between 3200 - 2700 BC, where the remains of swords and chips and metal sheets and blades and mass graves in the Jebel Hafeet and Jebel Al-Amlah areas, the second episode between 2700 - 2000 BC, where the discoveries are concentrated in the island of Umm al-Nar, which refers to a thriving civilization worked in trade and contacted civilizations and neighboring countries to Iraq and India, and discovered pottery colored Indian origin in those areas,while the third stretches from 2500 to 2000 BC, where many remains of castles are found in Tel Abraq and Kalba, the abundance of information declins for the third episode of the Bronze Age phase, ie after the extinction of the civilization of Umm al-Nar, although cultural relics have been found in the Shamal area, which is currently in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

Ancient History
With the Iron Age, there are a variety of monuments reflecting human activity in the UAE, including the ruins of a square castle dating from the third century BC, and from the same period found traces of local currency minting; during the first millennium BC Phoenicians established trade stations in the country Its traces appear in Fujairah and Khor Fakkan in particular, along with other adjacent areas such as Bahrain and the Saudi island of Tarut, whose name may have been derived from a Phoenician goddess.

With the emergence of the Achaemenid Empire, parts of the west coast of the Gulf were considered part of it, and although Alexander the Great had eliminated the Achaemenid Empire, he postponed his projects to enter Arabia until his return from India, which has not been done, the viscous black liquid that is used in lighting 'denotes the presence of oil, with the decline and division of the Macedonian Empire, the coasts of the country became part of the Sassanid Empire, which lasted until the advent of Islam, flourishing, in particular, the waterway trade linking Iraq and India through the Persian Gulf.

The tribes of the Emirates have entered Islam since the time of the Prophet Muhammad, he had sent Amr ibn al-Aas and Abu Ala Al-Hadrami to spread the invitation in the east of the island from Oman and Sohar to Bahrain, after the Prophet's death, some tribes in the area of ​​Amman and its vicinity, the army of Caliph Abu Bakr, led by Ikrima bin Abi Jahl and Hudhayfah bin Muhsin al-Barqi and Arfaja bin Harthmah al-Barqi, crushed the apostates led by Lakit bin Malik in a battle that broke out near the city of Dibba in the Emirate of Fujairah currently, during the Umayyad Caliphate, the UAE coast flourished as a waterway for navigation and maritime trade, and the shipbuilding industry was active, north of Ras Al Khaimah has a similar role, Julphar has found residential houses and four mosques dating from the tenth century, the fourth AH is the oldest trace of Islamic architecture in the Emirates coast, however, the disintegration of the Abbasid state and its weakness, and the distance of the UAE coast from the capital, led to the emergence of a kind of autonomy in the management of the internal affairs of the population, which continued centered around the tribe, is considered the period after the fall of the Abbasid state in Baghdad a dark period in the history of the Emirates, the Mamluks and then the Ottomans leave visible traces on the east coast of Arabia.

Middle Ages
The discovery of the Cape of Good Hope has had a negative impact on global trade routes with the Far East and India, for example, Julfar and Khor Fakkan on the east coast of Oman have become deserted as they lost their status as an important seaport and Arab trade traditions gradually became extinct in the region, in the same period, commercial human centers were established on the coast of Oman established by the Portuguese, as well as forts and forts to ensure control of the coast of the Arabian Sea, which developed for military battles, for example, destroyed Khor was in 1506 by Alfonso de Albuquerque.

After nearly two centuries of Portuguese control of the region, the eastern Gulf united under the leadership of Imam Nasir bin Murshid al-Yarubi, the founder of the Yaaribite state, which included Oman, the UAE and large parts of East Africa with its capital, Rustaq, this was in the rise of the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who prepared the Portuguese presence and took control of the region in a decisive naval battle in 1625 near Bandar Abbas, in the 19th century in 1803, according to a letter from the Ottoman governor of Baghdad sent to the Grand Vizier in Istanbul, "the tribes of the Bani Yas - the nucleus of the population of the UAE - joined the Saudis, as well as the tribes of Naeem, Bani Qutub, and Qawasim," according to which the first Saudi state extended its influence over the region. After the establishment of the second Saudi state, the Buraimi Agreement in 1853 between Prince Abdullah bin Faisal on behalf of his father Prince Faisal bin Turki and Hilal bin Saeed Al Bu Saeedi on behalf of Thuwaini bin Saeed Al Bu Saeedi was one of the witnesses to the agreement Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyanm, after the destruction of the second Saudi state in 1891, the conflict between Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and the mayor of Qatar, who is representative of the Ottomans, increased British influence in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula led to the signing of a protection agreement between Britain and both the sheikhs of the coast and Sheikh Qassim Al Thani, the ruler of Qatar.

Bani Yas and Qawasim
With the dissolution of the Yaribite state and the Portuguese retreat, the population of the region rose in the administration, the most important of which was an alliance of the Bani Ghafir tribes led by Al-Qawasim and based in Ras Al-Khaimah and Sharjah. The second are the sons of Yas and their tribal allies within the Hinnawi alliance, this alliance is called the "Bani Yas Alliance", led by the Abu Falah family of the rulers of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the Buflasa family of the Maktoum rulers of Dubai, at that point the population of the region didn't exceed 72,000 people, and the area was known until the fifties of the twentieth century as the Emirates of The Coast of Oman, while the British called it the "Pirate Coast" until the conclusion of the Permanent Peace Agreement in 1853, residents lived in small villages scattered on the coast of Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, they built forts to protect themselves in the major population areas, their mainstay of the economy was fishing and pearls, the UK considered the region as a part of its trading empire, which contributed to a number of naval battles between the British fleet and the Qawasim fleet of 60 ships, however, the tense relationship with Britain ended with the signing of the Permanent Peace Agreement in 1853 to achieve maritime peace, resolve tribal disputes, and independence of tribes in the management of their internal affairs, the truce was amended in 1892 which granted Britain defense and foreign relations, while respecting the sovereignty of the Trucial States or the Trucial States, this agreement lasted until 1971, the stability after the signing of the Alliance and Friendship Agreement with Britain helped to form the seven emirates in the form known today.

During the 1920-1930s, the country suffered a commercial recession, especially with the decline in the importance of pearls and the emergence of artificial pearls, as well as the high taxes imposed on it in the marketing countries, in 1952, the so-called Buraimi War, a border dispute between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Oman and Saudi Arabia, broke out. October 1955, ending the war by demarcating the border between the three countries, in 1962, oil was discovered in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the first shipment of crude oil was exported in the same year.

Union and Its Aftermath
Perhaps the most notable development in the process of the seven emirates during the twentieth century was the establishment of the Trucial Emirates Rulers Council in 1967, based in Dubai and followed by the Office of Economic and Development Development, a field that has never been given attention, in 1968, the United Kingdom announced its desire to withdraw from all its protectorates and colonies in the Eastern Mediterranean, which prompted a meeting on 18 February 1968 between Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum to formulate the idea of ​​the Union, from the emirates of Qatar and Bahrain, a meeting was called in Dubai to discuss the issue of union in one country, the meeting led to the approval of the federation and the formation of a committee to study the constitution governing the mechanism of governing the country and its administration, but Qatar and Bahrain withdrew from the project, while Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum agreed to move forward in the project of the Union and Calva Adi Bitar The legal adviser to the Government of Dubai wrote a draft constitution for the state, which was initially approved on December 1, 1971, and the following day called for the independence of the state under the name of the United Arab Emirates at the Hospitality Palace in Dubai, the unitary project was rejected by the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah and then rejoined on 10 February 1972.

The UAE was chaired by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai as Vice President, the UAE Supreme Council was formed by the President, Vice President and other rulers of the UAE, who signed the Constitution, the Council of Ministers of the UAE was formed under the chairmanship of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE joined the League of Arab States on December 6, 1971, and the United Nations on December 9, 1971, the Foundation for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf at the Abu Dhabi Summit on May 25, 1981.

In January 1972, the UAE government thwarted a failed coup attempt by Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, the former ruler of Sharjah. In 1975, the UAE participated in Arab deterrence forces during the Lebanese civil war, in 1980, the first Gulf War erupted against the backdrop of the three islands, which Iran considers part of its territory and which the UAE considers occupied, the UAE didn't enter a military party to the conflict, from the Iraqi invasion during the Second Gulf War, on 2 November 2004, the founder of the UAE federation Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan died, and his eldest son, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, took over after he was elected by the Federal Supreme Council.

Affiliations
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Government
The legislature consists of a single chamber, the Federal National Council. This Council does not have any legislative powers yet, but only has an advisory role to date, the Federal National Council is composed of 40 members representing the various emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai each have 8 seats, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah each with 6 seats, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah each with 4 seats. Half of its members are appointed, and the other half are elected by electoral bodies with a limited population, but state plans are gradually moving towards the election of all members of the assembly by the general public.

Women's representation in the FNC is the highest in the world, a clear message to the world that the UAE cares about women's rights without borders.

The Federal National Council held its first session on 12/2/1972.

Diplomacy
The UAE's foreign policy, the approach of which was established by the founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was prudent and moderate, and was based on firm strategic rules of ensuring its commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and respect for international conventions and laws.

Emirates Islands
Based on his consistent foreign policy approach, based on the principles of peaceful coexistence, good neighbourliness and mutual respect, the establishment of relations of cooperation, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, resorting to peaceful means to settle international disputes, and anxious to remove all sources of tension in the region, The UAE continues his peaceful endeavors to regain his sovereignty over its three islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, which Iran occupied on the eve of the UAE's establishment on December 2, 1971.

Middle East
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Location
The United Arab Emirates is located in West Asia on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula, extending between latitudes between 22 and 26.5 degrees north and longitudes 51 and 56.5 east of the Greenwich line, bordering the United Arab Emirates to the north of the Arabian Gulf, and east of the Gulf of Oman and Oman, and to the south Saudi Arabia and Oman, west of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, land borders with neighboring countries are 876 km long, 457 with Saudi Arabia and 410 with Oman, along with a disputed 19 km 2 border with Qatar, the Emirates coast extends 644 kilometers on the southern coast of the Arabian Gulf, starting from the base of the Qatar peninsula in the west, to Ras Musandam in the east, all seven emirates share the Gulf coast except for the emirate of Fujairah, whose coastline extends over the Gulf of Oman for 90 kilometers, the UAE covers an area of ​​83,600 square kilometers, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi constitutes the largest part of the UAE's territory, the smallest emirate is the Emirate of Ajman with an area of ​​only 285 km2.

Terrain
The topography of most of the UAE is a desert with interspersed oases, a natural extension of the desert of the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia, also called the "lowland" and rising only 300 meters above sea level, it's rich in sand dunes, marshes and the largest marsh stretched in the western part of the UAE, the south with a length of 120 km overtaking Saudi territory, the mountain ranges form the second part of the desert nature of the Emirates, the third part of the topography of the UAE is the coastal sector with sandy beaches except for the northern areas of Ras Al Khaimah, which form the head of the Hajar mountain range, the coastal strip also contains several salt domes, which form small islands in the sea and hills on land.

Off the coast, the UAE is home to hundreds of small islands scattered in the Gulf, some 200 of which belong to the emirate of Abu Dhabi alone, Sharjah, the island of X-Umm Al Quwain, the largest natural port is in Dubai, the country has expanded its seaports, and the largest industrial ports established are the ports of Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, the numerous islands off the coast of the UAE and the mobile coral and sand reefs pose a threat to maritime traffic in the vital region of the Gulf, and also cause strong tidal and storm movements, which complicates the movement of ships.

The Climate
The UAE climate is tropical and dry, the country is subject to some influences from the Indian Ocean across the Gulf of Oman, the highest temperatures of 47 degrees Celsius are recorded in the summer, while the average annual thermal range of summer is between 35-40 degrees, as for the winds, the monsoon winds are blowing in the UAE in the spring and the last part of the summer, rainfall in the UAE is low and usually accompanied by thunderstorms in December and January each year, and the valley of the valley, and others, humidity in the UAE during the summer ranges from 60 to 100%, especially on the inhabited coast, and decreases in the interior.

Vegetation and Animal Cover
The vegetation and animal cover in the UAE, similar to the prevailing in the desert climatic areas in general, it is thin and condensed in the oases, and consists mainly of palm trees, acacia and eucalyptus, with some grass and grass scattered in the desert, in the 1970s, animal cover in the UAE was threatened by extinction due to intensive hunting, which prompted Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan to establish a nature reserve on Bani Yas Island, which led to the preservation of a number of national animals such as Arabian Oryx and Cheetahs, in terms of fisheries, the UAE coast is rich in tuna, mackerel and other types of fish, there are also less dense sharks, the Federal Environment Agency oversees the environmental sector and its development in the UAE, february 4th is a national day for the UAE, it's also a party to international treaties on biodiversity, climate change, combating desertification, the protection of endangered species, hazardous wastes, marine wastes and the protection of the ozone layer.

Trivia

 * Surprisingly, Dubai is not the capital of UAE, it is Abu Dhabi.
 * UAE has the Tallest building in the world and it’s called "Burj Khalifa"