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December 09, 2020 | Science Magazine
Great Efficacy Claimed for Another COVID-19 Vaccine, This One From China
The United Arab Emirates said a vaccine had 86% efficacy “against COVID-19 infection.”
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United Arab Emirates
March 19, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Green Incubators: UAE Rethinks Sustainability with 'Sustainable Cities'
Despite investments, questions abound about the feasibility of examples of such communities far from metropolises.
May 24, 2017 | Field Notes
Field Notes: The Gulf Art War
Field notes from Kerala, epicenter of a decades-long migration to the Gulf, and from the UAE's Saadiyat Island, popular with vacationers, golfers, and seasoned conference attendees.
May 01, 2017 | Rappler
UAE: Labor Day Tribute to a Migrant Mother
'I dream of the day when we can all be together again', overseas Filipino worker Norma Brion tells her children.
December 12, 2016 | The New Yorker
The Gulf Art War
New museums in the Emirates raise the issue of workers’ rights.
July 27, 2015 | Gulf News
The Sisterhood of Filipino Nannies
Seven sisters work as caretakers for children in Dubai so that they can send money to their own families back in the Philippines.
June 27, 2015 | Positively Filipino
For Filipina OFWs, Missing Childhoods
For this young single mother, providing for her daughter means leaving her behind to work abroad.
August 23, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Dubai: A Life of Variety and Abundance
With convenient and seemingly endless options, Dubai’s lifestyle has evolved to reflect its consumer-driven culture.
August 20, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
A Weighty Concern: Obesity and Fast Food in Dubai
Dubai’s current obesity crisis is mainly the result of the wealthy emirate’s convenience-driven culture.
August 20, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Fast Food Fuels Obesity in Dubai
Fast food fits naturally with Dubai's booming expansion and fast-paced lifestyle. Obesity has become an unwanted by-product.
August 15, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Dubai's Rapid Transformation Spurs Change in Eating Habits
Dubai’s wealth, dramatic population increase and fast-paced lifestyle have resulted in a cultural shift. Many of these changes, however, negatively impact health of its citizens.
April 16, 2012 | National Journal
UAE: Powering Down
The world’s biggest oil producers are pouring money into renewable energy. Why isn’t the United States, the world’s biggest oil consumer, following suit?
The Gulf Art War
The world’s leading architects, the most vulnerable laborers, and a movement of concerned artists converge on a man-made island in the Persian Gulf called Saadiyat, which means “happiness” in Arabic.
A Risky Recipe: Fast Food Boom in Dubai
While the fast food industry in the United Arab Emirate's flourishes, a dramatic increase in obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes threatens the nation’s health.
United Arab Emirates: Iran's Nuclear Neighbor
U.S. officials believe Iran’s ongoing progress towards a nuclear weapon is pushing Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and Turkey to follow suit, raising the odds of an Arab nuclear arms race.
November 25, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Sim Chi Yin
Photographer Sim Chi Yin speaks on the thinking and impulse behind making the latest chapter of her ongoing project "Shifting Sands," a visual investigation of the global depletion of construction sand.
June 02, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Negar Azimi
As new museums and universities are erected in the Gulf, Negar Azimi reports on the complexities surrounding the use of low-wage migrant labor, with a focus on a group of artist-activists.
February 23, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Meet Yochi Dreazen: Reporting on the U.A.E.'s Nuclear Push
Yochi Dreazen talks about his reporting on the Middle East's nuclear landscape. The newest nuclear power plant is being built in the U.A.E., less than a hundred miles from Iran.
December 13, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: Abu Dhabi's Facade
This week: what it really cost to build Abu Dhabi, summary executions in the Philippines, and the Syrian singer who lives on.
April 24, 2012 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center Announces 2012 Student Reporting Fellows
Ten Pulitzer Center student fellows will report from abroad on topics such as environmental policy in Thailand, health and nutrition in the United Arab Emirates and gender equality in South Africa.
April 20, 2012 | General news
This Week in Review: After the Oil Is Gone
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting on United Arab Emirates' renewable energy investment, Afghanistan, the LRA and our new iPad book project on South Sudan.
February 03, 2012 | General news, Project news, News Points
This Week in Review: A Nuclear Gulf
Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting on the Persian Gulf's "nuclear question," and "Voices of Haiti" comes to Port-au-Prince and Miami.
October 10, 2016 | All Grades
Psychological Effects on Migrant Workers
This lesson covers some of the psychological impacts that affect migrant workers and their families using reporting on Filipino migrant workers and their families by Ana P. Santos.
October 09, 2016 | All Grades
Families of Domestic Workers from the Philippines
In this lesson, students evaluate the impact of how an author orders information by analyzing two articles about Filipino women leaving their countries to work as domestic workers in the Middle East.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
April 05, 2016 | All Grades
Families of Domestic Workers from the Philippines
Students evaluate the impact of how an author orders information by analyzing two articles about the impact of Filipino women leaving their countries to work as domestic workers in the Middle East.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
