The first outlines for the UAE's new national brand logo have been created.
A team of 49 Emirati artists, seven from each emirate, who have been selected to design it before the end of this year met at a workshop in Dubai on Monday.
They've come up with the first 14 outlines for the logo.
The 'Inspiring 49' workshop comes in response to the invitation of the UAE's leaders, who launched the national project earlier this month.
Executive councils across the country selected seven artists from each emirate to form a team of Emirati design experts, authors, researchers, painters, calligraphers, sculptors and graphic designers.
They'll be divided into seven groups called Al Dana, Al Saqr, Al Nakhla, Al Sedra, Al Boom, Al Ghaf and Al Barjeel.
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed that all imams and muezzins in mosques across the emirate be placed under the Sharjah government’s general staff system.
Dubai Police are inviting community members to play a starring role in the city’s world-famous New Year’s Eve celebrations, by volunteering to support police operations.
A fifth batch of Indonesian medical personnel has arrived at the UAE Floating Hospital in Al Arish, Egypt, to provide medical care for Palestinian patients and those wounded arriving from the Gaza Strip under "Operation Chivalrous Knight 3".
Dubai Municipality has announced that the final phase of the ban on single-use plastic products in the emirate will come into force on January 1, 2026.
The UAE has welcomed the recent agreement signed in Muscat on the exchange of prisoners and detainees in Yemen, calling it an important humanitarian step that eases suffering and supports stability in the region.
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has received a Guinness World Record recognising Mleiha Dairy Farm as the world’s largest A2A2 cattle farm on Wednesday.
The UAE has reinforced its position as a global humanitarian leader in 2025, ranking third worldwide in aid contributions with $1.46 billion, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service.
Sharjah imams and muezzins granted government employee status
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Fifth Indonesian medical team arrives at UAE Floating Hospital in Al Arish
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Sharjah receives Guinness for largest A2A2 cattle farm
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