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Following the initial US$137 million grant from Emir Al Thani, Al Jazeera had aimed to become self-sufficient through advertising by 2001, but when this failed to occur, the Emir agreed to several consecutive loans [24] on a year-by-year basis (US$30 million in 2004, [25] according to Arnaud de Borchgrave).
Al-Shifa Hospital is a government run hospital in Gaza City, Palestine, most of the staff are employees of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.During the Israel–Hamas war, Israel and the United States [1] [2] stated that a vast complex existed under al-Shifa hospital that was being used by Hamas as its "main operations base", which Hamas and hospital administrators denied.
The old mosque in the abandoned part of Al Jazirah Al Hamra. Al Jazirah Al Hamra (Arabic: الجزيرة الحمراء, English: The Red Island) is a town to the south of the city of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. It is known for its collection of abandoned houses and other buildings, including a mosque, which is widely believed ...
Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth funds headquartered there. [9] Abu Dhabi houses local and federal government offices and is the home of the United Arab Emirates Government and the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs.
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Arabic: حركة الشباب المجاهدين, romanized: Ḥarakat ash-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn, lit. Youth Mujahideen Movement), commonly known as al-Shabaab, [note 2] is a transnational Salafi Jihadist [29] [30] military and political organization based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa.
Shaikhli started her media career in 1990 in Washington as a broadcaster for Arab American TV. After joining the BBC World Service in London in 1994, Shaikhli went on to anchor several programs in various Arab satellite stations, where she then joined the Middle East Broadcasting Center in 1996 and later Abu Dhabi TV in 1999.
The origin of the name of Sharjah is unknown, with most common interpretations linking the origin of the word Sharjah to the word sharq (Arabic: شَرْق, lit. 'east') due to the fact that the city is located to the east of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and that Sharjah was the easternmost settlement at the time.
On 15 February 2016, Khaled was appointed head of national security. [8] [9] On 16 January 2017, he was named deputy national security adviser.[10]On 29 March 2023, he was appointed as crown prince of Abu Dhabi and also as chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council.