Dubai: Residents and citizens got the chance to trade in their old UAE flags for newer ones in an initiative launched by the Emirates Post Group (EPG) and Watani, which concluded on October 31.

The biggest city in the United Arab Emirates is gearing up to pull out all the stops for the next big national celebration. That’s right, Dubai has announced an entire month of spectacular events to ...

Al Maeena was 19 years old when he designed the UAE flag. “I was inspired by a poem by the well-known Arab poet Safi Al Deen Al Hilli when he spoke of the noble qualities of the Arabs … their bravery, ...

Although not a UAE citizen, Nagham Sami, a 23-year-old Egyptian resident and a social media executive, said that she will eternally be proud of calling the UAE her home.

Only a handful of nationalities existed in Dubai those days,” said the 67-year-old expat. Maullimi said that he has over 200 types of items at his store, all featuring the colours of the UAE flag.

The UAE flag was first hoisted on December 2, 1971, when the union of the seven emirates was officially formed. “When I saw the UAE's Founding Father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan on TV ...