There was a great article written by Dr Mira Al Hussein where she addresses the duality of the university system in the UAE. She talks concerning the distinction between those that go to public universities, and those that examine in personal institutions. She shares her insights on how this impacts the nation, and what the federal government can do to deal with the difficulty of a future-ready workforce for nationals.
The article hits all of the factors – it’s to the purpose, makes nice observations, and is designed to spark a debate (which it has completed extremely effectively on-line). It’s precisely the kind of opinion piece that any editor could be determined to choose up and publish.
And but, it’s more and more tough to seek out any kind of content material printed within the Gulf’s media which doesn’t adhere to an official authorities place. Be it censorship or self-censorship, the result is similar. There’s no dialogue of concepts, no debate on tips on how to progress. As one pal put it, the media is the final place anybody within the Gulf ought to go to in the event that they need to debate how the area could make any progress.
Open debate is important for any society to maneuver ahead. It’s not all the time fairly, however airing ideas in public helps to drive dialogue round completely different concepts and factors of view. Societies which promote any such openness promote innovation. And but we’re not benefiting.
Don’t take it from me. Learn beneath the tweet of the UAE’s Dr Abdulkhaleq Abdulla about why this dialogue needs to be had. I hope we’ll have the ability to do this, not on social media or on a weblog from an establishment 1000’s of miles away. However moderately right here on the bottom, the place it issues most. Let’s hope a push from extra of us will give the area’s editors the bravery to run extra items like Mira’s.
