Nora AlMatrooshi, the first Emirati woman astronaut, worked as a piping engineer before becoming an astronaut candidate for the United Arab Emirates. https://mbrsc.ae/team/nora/
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«Abu Dhabi International Book» .. an upscale culture
«Abu Dhabi International Book» .. an upscale culture
From the 22nd to the 28th of May 2023, the activities of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2023 will start. A rich view that is renewed every year from the capital, Abu Dhabi, and is awaited by many publishers, readers, and those interested in the worlds of culture and literature, as part of an event that contributes to promoting what…
If you’re in London or able to make the commute, today at 12pm (Sunday 14th) there’s going to be a protest in front of the UAE embassy for Sudan - if you stand with Palestine, stand with Sudan
gold, diamonds & any precious gems that are extracted and commodified in order to lavish [mostly] the rich & affluent -or for those who want them for symbol and status [which can include many people but especially those of wealth, even if acquired over time]... because yes, no matter the context -ya'll are wearing items that are drenched in the blood of young children/people from the Global South.
Mr Frog guy, what is the different between a frog & a toad?
This is probably the second most common question I receive, after "what's your favourite frog".
There is no difference, because this is a false dichotomy. It is not a comparison of equal categories. Toads are one of the ~55 frog families. Toads unequivocally are frogs.
If you want to know the difference between toads and some other family or clade of frogs, you would either have to be more specific, or identify features that are unique to toads—synapomorphies of Bufonidae. These are the differences between toads and all other frogs.
Synapomorphies of Bufonidae include the parotoid glands (but not present in all toads), some funky muscular arrangements, a weird bone in the skull, and the Bidder's organ, which is basically a backup ovary in male toads that allows them to become reproductively active females if their testes are damaged or removed surgically.
Govt. Approves Establishment of Negev Forum to Implement Regional Cooperation of Abraham Accords
Govt. Approves Establishment of Negev Forum to Implement Regional Cooperation of Abraham Accords
By TPS • 18 September, 2022
Jerusalem, 18 September, 2022 (TPS) — The Government approved Sunday Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s proposal for establishing a regional mechanism – the Negev Forum, which will implement the understandings that resulted in the Negev Summit.
The first Negev Forum, held in March, was attended by six foreign ministers: Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Minister…
Mohammad AlMulla, born in Dubai, received his commercial pilot's license from Australia at the age of 19. AlMulla was a training lead with the Dubai Police before becoming an astronaut candidate for the United Arab Emirates. https://mbrsc.ae/team/mohammed_mulla/
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Glazed bricks depicting a Persian archer, dating back to around 510 BCE, from the city of Susa in the Achaemenid Empire. This glazed brick bas-relief style was perfected in Babylon, and even the Foundation Charter of the Susa palace states that the baked bricks at the palace were the work of the Babylonians. Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
"Muller-Weiss Syndrome" is a rare disease that exhausted Nadal
Paris (AFP) Müller-Weiss syndrome, which has plagued Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal for more than 15 years, is a rare condition that affects the bones of the foot and causes chronic pain.The 22-time grand slam champion has lived with his pain, often trying to avoid it in front of reporters. But in the Italian capital in May 2022, he turned to his exhausting daily life away from tennis. Time, I…