I read with interest your story about US consumers voicing their views about their own airlines (Gulf airlines receive support from American consumers in open skies row for the Gulf, May 23).
Why should I pay American airlines my hard-earned money just to be abused? The whole industry in the US will have to change before I fly with an American carrier again.
Monica Carver, Dubai
Some of the Gulf carriers’ standards have dropped several notches but I find that Emirates remains in a league of its own. The service is always great.
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Drinkers need to act responsibly
I applaud your well written editorial on responsible alcohol sales (Alcohol requires responsible sales, May 22).
I would however add a cautionary thought: reducing the majority’s freedom to protect the minority from themselves is a slippery slope that must be cautiously approached.
Education and support provide effective and more sustainable alternatives to restrictions, no matter how well intentioned.
Brynn Karch, Abu Dhabi
This should be controlled by those who drink alcohol – it’s their responsibility, rather than those who serve it. They should exercise self control and personal responsibility.
Jen Bishop, Abu Dhabi
In my opinion, the key quote from your editorial is this one: “As good hosts, hotels should understand and account for [the tendency of a few to abuse the access to alcohol] and play a part in preventing people from allowing their drinking to get out of control.”
David Blandford, Al Ain
Saudi bombers ‘not Muslims’
These people call themselves Muslims and yet they blow up people during prayer? (ISIL suicide bomber strikes at Saudi Arabian mosque, May 23)
What does ISIL want to achieve? To be the most hated group in history?
Nadia Sarie, Dubai
This is terribly sad and tragic. I believe these attacks are a result of sheer ignorance and lack of unity amongst Muslims across the globe.
It is high time that we, as Muslims, remain united instead of killing each other over such minor and insignificant differences. Islam is one, it is the same for all.
It is heart-breaking that these innocent people were killed while offering their prayers.
Fatima Suhail, Sharjah
This is really sad, though it does remind me of the proverb that we all remember only too well: as you sow, so shall you reap.
Palwasha Syed, Pakistan
Fixing DAFZA road chaos
After working in Dubai Airport free zone for two years, I am concerned about the unnecessarily dangerous traffic signals near DAFZA.
Just after exiting the Dubai airport free zone gate there is a traffic signal where traffic backs up during peak hours. What aggravates this situation are impatient, arrogant motorists who try to squeeze in at the last moment when the signal turns green.
This causes utter confusion because other drivers want to speed off without giving space for others. We all need to reach our destination, but a little bit of patience goes a long way.
The road rules are meant for everyone to follow. I urge the authorities to investigate and monitor this issue, possibly monitoring drivers squeezing in from the wrong direction at the last moment.
Mathew Litty, Dubai
More mosques for summer heat
There are not enough mosques in the Mussaffah Sanaiya area of Abu Dhabi for those who pray to do so under cover.
This is especially so for the Friday prayers, when residents are praying under the hot sun.
I request the authorities to take steps to improve this issue before Ramadan begins.
M A Mannan, Abu Dhabi
Pakistan test is a return to peace
With regard to your editorial, Back to normal in Pakistan? (May 22), I hope both cricket and peace return to Pakistan and they have a wonderful series against Zimbabwe.
Iffat Malik, Dubai
I wish the Pakistani people peace and a great game of cricket.
Brigitte von Bulow, Abu Dhabi
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Greatest Royal Rumble match listing
50-man Royal Rumble - names entered so far include Braun Strowman, Daniel Bryan, Kurt Angle, Big Show, Kane, Chris Jericho, The New Day and Elias
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Founders: Sanad Yaghi, Ali Al Sayegh and Shadi Joulani
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Number of employees: 140
Sector: B2B Vertical SaaS(software as a service)
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Investors: Global Founders Capital, Colle Capital Partners, Wamda Capital, Plug and Play, Comma Capital, Nowais Capital, Annex Investments and AMK Investment Office
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Countdown to Zero exhibition will show how disease can be beaten
Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, an international multimedia exhibition created by the American Museum of National History in collaboration with The Carter Center, will open in Abu Dhabi a month before Reaching the Last Mile.
Opening on October 15 and running until November 15, the free exhibition opens at The Galleria mall on Al Maryah Island, and has already been seen at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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Other workplace saving schemes
- The UAE government announced a retirement savings plan for private and free zone sector employees in 2023.
- Dubai’s savings retirement scheme for foreign employees working in the emirate’s government and public sector came into effect in 2022.
- National Bonds unveiled a Golden Pension Scheme in 2022 to help private-sector foreign employees with their financial planning.
- In April 2021, Hayah Insurance unveiled a workplace savings plan to help UAE employees save for their retirement.
- Lunate, an Abu Dhabi-based investment manager, has launched a fund that will allow UAE private companies to offer employees investment returns on end-of-service benefits.
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