The UAE passes an anti-discriminatory law worth importing

By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

August 2015 EDITORIAL
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I was in Abu Dhabi recently for the first time. The UAE is a strange land; its citizens make up only 15% of the whole population. The rest are foreigners of one kind or another and from all parts of the world. It is in that sense cosmopolitan beyond belief, and we can of course expect some inter-ethnic and inter-faith spats every now and then.And yes, there have been a few recent cases. Before things could get worse, the government...

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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.


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