UAE Launches ‘Great Arab Minds,’ Backing it with $27 Million

[SaadH]

Exactly... It's just an ego stroking charade by the ignorant government of UAE.

Arab nationalism of the 1960s failed and flopped.... They all became today's Syria, Libya, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Egypt.... All failed or failing states.

How about the West making a "Great White Minds" fund???... They won't. Because those who are truely great thinkers do not have pathetic ego stroking endeavours.

Period.

Look closely, we haven't set the world alight either with our successes.

 

[tower9]

You mean the low skilled practical slave labor? Yeah, real great "attractions" for an electrical engineer or doctor who could be living far more comfortably in New York or London or Toronto or Berlin where they could actually enjoy real freedom of speech and not worry about their governments arresting them and torturing them for daring to speak an opinion contrary to the official government line. Or rogue government officials dictating every acceptable behavior and having a say into the governance of the place they live with real legitimate accountability for authorities.



The only "Arab culture" found in the Arab world is Authoritarian garbage. What culture is there in the UAE? Calligraphy and falconry and that's about it. Nothing is authentic about Arab world anymore. There is no real or genuine art or culture in these places, it's replaced with government propaganda and dictator sycophants. The mirage of Western civility with none of the rights or freedoms or humanity found in it.

Sure man, the UAE only imports slave labor. You sound like an ideologically driven person with a huge chip on their shoulder. There are tons of well paid professional expats in the UAE and most people care more about their standard of living and their families living in a safe environment than whether they have the right to protest on the streets.

 

[nahtanbob]

Sounds pretty racist if you ask me...

what is racist about it ?

 

[Titanium100]

they could immigrate to free and democratic countries in the West?

This has to be one of the worst rants I have seen on PDF.. You are ranting but you don't even know what you are trying to say or where you are going with your rant... I can't even believe you posted that last line

 

[War Eagle]

This has to be one of the worst rants I have seen on PDF.. You are ranting but you don't even know what you are trying to say or where you are going with your rant... I can't even believe you posted that last line

Do you seriously think that educated Arabs don't immigrate to the West? Don't be delusional.

 

[Titanium100]

Do you seriously think that educated Arabs don't immigrate to the West? Don't be delusional.

Not really.. It is actully on the contrary it goes the otherway around.. I have seen bunch of 2nd or 3rd generation arabs from the west born and breed leave it in order to go there for good.. You come at patriotic people in the wrong way...

 

[War Eagle]

You sound like an ideologically driven person with a huge chip on their shoulder.

That tends to happen when the UAE personally bankrolls and oversees the greatest and most widespread collapse of democratic and humanitarian rights in a region where it is most needed. Of course I have a chip on my shoulder.

shoulder. There are tons of well paid professional expats in the UAE

A very small minority and largely positioned in oil. Useless for the long term prospects of an increasingly renewable energy world. The vast majority of migrants are low-skilled and uneducated from Asia.

y.. It is actully on the contrary it goes the otherway around

Seriously dude. No.

 

[Titanium100]

Seriously dude. No.

I have meet personally 100s of them in my circle or people who know these in my circle working in high positions and some of them middle class etc etc..

Most of them they live the arabic culture, they breathe it and they die in it hence there is no compromise.. They are very culturally strong and the ones who rarely exchange their culture in the west because they see their culture as superior hence they have no need to adapt to inferior culture

 

[War Eagle]

I have meet personally 100s of them in my circle or people who know these in my circle working in high positions and some of them middle class etc etc..

Most of them they live the arabic culture, they breathe it and they die in it hence there is no compromise.. They are very culturally strong and the ones who rarely exchange their culture in the west because they see their culture as superior hence they have no need to adapt to inferior culture

That's just not reality.

U.S Stats 2016:
"Post-1965 arrivals consisted of a wider mix of people seeking family unification, education and employment opportunities, and safety from war and persecution. MENA immigrants arriving during this time had similarly high education levels as those in the second wave, but were far more numerous. Further, a much higher share was Muslim. Between 1980 and 2010, the size of the MENA immigrant population increased four-fold, from 223,000 to 861,000 (see Figure 1). From 2010 to 2016, the population increased another 36 percent, to 1,167,000."

" Top destinations beyond the region include France (2.9 million), Turkey (1.6 million), the United States (911,000), Spain (779,000), and Italy (726,000), according to mid-2015 estimates from the United Nations Population Division "


"Overall, MENA immigrants have much higher educational attainment compared to the total foreign- and native-born adult populations. In 2016, 43 percent of MENA immigrants (ages 25 and over) had a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 30 percent of the total immigrant population and 32 percent of the native born. Almost all immigrant-origin groups from the MENA region were more likely to be college-educated than the overall foreign-born population, with the exception of Yemenis. The college graduate share was particularly high among immigrants from the United Arab Emirates (83 percent), Egypt (63 percent), Libya (60 percent), and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (about 56 percent each), while just 16 percent of Yemenis had a bachelor’s degree or beyond.

Many students from the MENA region choose to study in the United States. In the 2016-17 school year, Saudi Arabia was the fourth top origin country among international students in the United States (after China, India, and South Korea), accounting for 5 percent (or 52,600) of the 1.1 million students during this period, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE). Kuwait was also on the list of the top 20 sending countries in 2016-17: About 9,900 Kuwaiti students studied in the United States that year"

US stats 2020:
"immigrants from the MENA region are far more likely to be highly educated than the total foreign- and native-born adult populations. In 2019, 46 percent of MENA immigrants ages 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 33 percent of all immigrant and U.S.-born adults. Among the MENA-origin population, the college-educated share ranges from 66 percent of Saudis to 43 percent of Lebanese and 33 percent of Iraqis. Just 14 percent of MENA immigrant adults lacked a high school diploma or equivalent, compared to 26 percent of all foreign-born and 8 percent of U.S.-born adults.

Many students from the MENA region choose to study in the United States. In the 2020-21 school year, 55,720 students from the region attended U.S. colleges and universities, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE). Saudi Arabia was the fifth top origin country among international students in the United States (after China, India, South Korea, and Canada), accounting for 3 percent (or 21,933) of the 914,095 international students during this period. Kuwait was also on the list of the top 20 sending countries: 6,846 Kuwaiti students studied in the United States that year.

Global remittances to the MENA region increased by about 48 percent between 2010 and 2020, reaching $55.9 billion as of 2020, according to World Bank estimates. Among MENA countries, Egypt received the most remittances at $29.6 billion in 2020, followed by Morocco at $7.4 billion and Lebanon at $6.3 billion. Remittances represented a different share of each individual country’s GDP, ranging from under 1 percent for Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar to 9 percent for Jordan, and 33 percent for Lebanon."

 

[The SC]

That's just not reality.

U.S Stats 2016:
"Post-1965 arrivals consisted of a wider mix of people seeking family unification, education and employment opportunities, and safety from war and persecution. MENA immigrants arriving during this time had similarly high education levels as those in the second wave, but were far more numerous. Further, a much higher share was Muslim. Between 1980 and 2010, the size of the MENA immigrant population increased four-fold, from 223,000 to 861,000 (see Figure 1). From 2010 to 2016, the population increased another 36 percent, to 1,167,000."

" Top destinations beyond the region include France (2.9 million), Turkey (1.6 million), the United States (911,000), Spain (779,000), and Italy (726,000), according to mid-2015 estimates from the United Nations Population Division "


"Overall, MENA immigrants have much higher educational attainment compared to the total foreign- and native-born adult populations. In 2016, 43 percent of MENA immigrants (ages 25 and over) had a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 30 percent of the total immigrant population and 32 percent of the native born. Almost all immigrant-origin groups from the MENA region were more likely to be college-educated than the overall foreign-born population, with the exception of Yemenis. The college graduate share was particularly high among immigrants from the United Arab Emirates (83 percent), Egypt (63 percent), Libya (60 percent), and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (about 56 percent each), while just 16 percent of Yemenis had a bachelor’s degree or beyond.

Many students from the MENA region choose to study in the United States. In the 2016-17 school year, Saudi Arabia was the fourth top origin country among international students in the United States (after China, India, and South Korea), accounting for 5 percent (or 52,600) of the 1.1 million students during this period, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE). Kuwait was also on the list of the top 20 sending countries in 2016-17: About 9,900 Kuwaiti students studied in the United States that year"

US stats 2020:
"immigrants from the MENA region are far more likely to be highly educated than the total foreign- and native-born adult populations. In 2019, 46 percent of MENA immigrants ages 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 33 percent of all immigrant and U.S.-born adults. Among the MENA-origin population, the college-educated share ranges from 66 percent of Saudis to 43 percent of Lebanese and 33 percent of Iraqis. Just 14 percent of MENA immigrant adults lacked a high school diploma or equivalent, compared to 26 percent of all foreign-born and 8 percent of U.S.-born adults.

Many students from the MENA region choose to study in the United States. In the 2020-21 school year, 55,720 students from the region attended U.S. colleges and universities, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE). Saudi Arabia was the fifth top origin country among international students in the United States (after China, India, South Korea, and Canada), accounting for 3 percent (or 21,933) of the 914,095 international students during this period. Kuwait was also on the list of the top 20 sending countries: 6,846 Kuwaiti students studied in the United States that year.

Global remittances to the MENA region increased by about 48 percent between 2010 and 2020, reaching $55.9 billion as of 2020, according to World Bank estimates. Among MENA countries, Egypt received the most remittances at $29.6 billion in 2020, followed by Morocco at $7.4 billion and Lebanon at $6.3 billion. Remittances represented a different share of each individual country’s GDP, ranging from under 1 percent for Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar to 9 percent for Jordan, and 33 percent for Lebanon."

There are more educated Americans living in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Australia..than all these MENA immigrants combined.. why there is no statistics about them..

There are much more MENA students all over the world than in the US.. 50 000 is less than 10%..

 

[Vortex]

Even if this program could sound racist for many (myself included), I welcome it but I fear that the brilliant talents from those country will be taken out one by one by the enemies of the Arabs ! I’m not talking bout musicians or dancers or cooking chiefs or painters but about scientists
After all who want to see Arabs becoming developed and powerful countries ?

 

[Trango Towers]

‘Great Arab Minds,’

Now that's called taking the pis

 

[Clutch]

Look closely, we haven't set the world alight either with our successes.

You are right we haven't. I have criticised that as well.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Sounds pretty racist if you ask me...

It would have been racist if they had written "the great arab mind".
The great Arab MindS mean they are honoring their intellectuals which is fine ..Though I'm sure many arabs wouldnt like that initiative viewing this as UAE trying to steal ... this mindset is prevalent in arab world.