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href="/wiki/Football_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Football in the United Arab Emirates">Football in the United Arab Emirates</a></div> <p>Football is one the most popular sports in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Motorsport">Motorsport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Motorsport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yas_Marina_Circuit,_October_12,_2018_SkySat_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Yas_Marina_Circuit%2C_October_12%2C_2018_SkySat_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Yas_Marina_Circuit%2C_October_12%2C_2018_SkySat_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Yas_Marina_Circuit%2C_October_12%2C_2018_SkySat_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Yas_Marina_Circuit%2C_October_12%2C_2018_SkySat_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Yas_Marina_Circuit%2C_October_12%2C_2018_SkySat_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Yas_Marina_Circuit%2C_October_12%2C_2018_SkySat_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2542" data-file-height="1430" /></a><figcaption>A satellite image of the <a href="/wiki/Yas_Marina_Circuit" title="Yas Marina Circuit">Yas Marina Circuit</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A motorsport race was the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix held at a purpose-built circuit in <a href="/wiki/Deira_Corniche" title="Deira Corniche">Deira Corniche</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from 2010 the <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">Abu Dhabi Grand Prix</a> was held at the end of the season. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Dubai" class="mw-redirect" title="24 Hours of Dubai">24 Hours of Dubai</a> race is held at the <a href="/wiki/Dubai_Autodrome" title="Dubai Autodrome">Dubai Autodrome</a> every year in January, marking the first auto race of the calendar year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cricket">Cricket</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dubai_Sports_City_Pak_vs_Aussies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dubai_Sports_City_Pak_vs_Aussies.jpg/220px-Dubai_Sports_City_Pak_vs_Aussies.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dubai_Sports_City_Pak_vs_Aussies.jpg/330px-Dubai_Sports_City_Pak_vs_Aussies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dubai_Sports_City_Pak_vs_Aussies.jpg/440px-Dubai_Sports_City_Pak_vs_Aussies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>A cricket match between Australia and Pakistan in <a href="/wiki/Dubai_Sports_City" title="Dubai Sports City">Dubai Sports City</a> in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cricket in the United Arab Emirates">Cricket in the United Arab Emirates</a></div> <p>Dubai is home to the <a href="/wiki/International_Cricket_Council" title="International Cricket Council">International Cricket Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Badminton">Badminton</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Badminton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BWF's "grassroots" programme, Shuttle Time Dubai, aims to broaden badminton's appeal and raise its profile in the emirate by working with 40 schools on how to teach and engage youth in the sport. The ‘BWF Destination Dubai World Superseries Finals’ leg was scheduled to be the first time the international tournament is hosted in the Middle East and enables the sport to connect with a whole new region of fans, explains BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer in his interview to <a href="/wiki/Vision_(magazine)" title="Vision (magazine)">Vision</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Camel_racing">Camel racing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Camel racing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Camel_racing" title="Camel racing">Camel racing</a></div> <p>Inhabitants of <a href="/wiki/Arab_States_of_the_Persian_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab States of the Persian Gulf">Arab States of the Persian Gulf</a> have practiced <a href="/wiki/Camel_racing" title="Camel racing">camel racing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robot_jockeys" class="mw-redirect" title="Robot jockeys">Robot jockeys</a> have been used after government regulations were passed prohibiting underage jockeys from racing.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, an all-female camel racing team is formed.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cloning industry has been receiving demands from customers wanting to reproduce better racing camels for competitions. Where a female camel may reproduce one calf in every two years, cloning industries have increased this number to an average of 10 to 20 babies every year. Animal rights groups have raised concerns regarding the process which causes the animals providing egg cells and carrying embryos to "undergo undue suffering".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cycling">Cycling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cycling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are places to cycle in Dubai, including Nad Al Sheba Cycle Path, Al Qudra Cycle Path and Jumeirah Open Beach Track.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a 30 km cycling lane in Dubai's desert. Since 1 October 2019, cyclists risk getting their cycle confiscated if they ride outside of some cycle lanes in the city. Not wearing protective gear can also lead to confiscation of a cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Endurance_riding">Endurance riding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Endurance riding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Endurance_riding.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Endurance_riding.png/220px-Endurance_riding.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Endurance_riding.png/330px-Endurance_riding.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Endurance_riding.png/440px-Endurance_riding.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Rashid_Al_Maktoum" title="Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum">Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum</a> and Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Hamdan_bin_Mohammed_Al_Maktoum" title="Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum">Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum</a> participating in an <a href="/wiki/Endurance_riding" title="Endurance riding">Endurance race</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Bin_Rashid_Al_Maktoum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum">Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum</a> is an endurance rider.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dubai Endurance City has practiced the sport and there are endurance yards.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Falconry">Falconry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Falconry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">Falconry</a> is practiced.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Golf">Golf</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2013 DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates delivered a US$44 million gross economic benefit to Dubai, according to research commissioned by tournament organisers, The European Tour.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ice_hockey">Ice hockey</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ice hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Ice hockey in the United Arab Emirates">Ice hockey in the United Arab Emirates</a></div> <p>In 2018, new president of the <a href="/wiki/Emirates_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Emirates Ice Hockey League">Emirates Ice Hockey League</a> (EHL) <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Burdun" title="Vladimir Burdun">Vladimir Burdun</a> was appointed. His role was to strengthen <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="United Arab Emirates men's national ice hockey team">UAE ice hockey team</a> and attract more business opportunities.<sup id="cite_ref-KHL_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KHL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Burdun announced the goal of entering a team in <a href="/wiki/Kontinental_Hockey_League" title="Kontinental Hockey League">Kontinental Hockey League</a> (KHL) which involved teams from <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> by 2021. He also aimed at getting more players ready for KHL. A new ice arena was expected to open in <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>, possibly before the end of 2019, with a seating capacity of 17,000<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that venue would meet all the requirements of KHL.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KHL_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KHL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan was to replicate the "success" of an <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a> team situated in deserts, <a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a>. KHL and former NHL players, such as <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Datsyuk" title="Pavel Datsyuk">Pavel Datsyuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Mozyakin" title="Sergei Mozyakin">Sergei Mozyakin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ovechkin" title="Alexander Ovechkin">Alexander Ovechkin</a> were mentioned as prospects who might help to increase the future team's competitiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squash">Squash</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Squash"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Squash lessons are available from ex-professionals and a <a href="/wiki/Dubai_Open_Squash" title="Dubai Open Squash">Dubai Open Squash</a> is even held with a $25,000 cash prize to the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Table_tennis">Table tennis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Table tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Table_tennis" title="Table tennis">Ping Pong</a> Dubai is a nonprofit community initiative aimed at encouraging people from all walks of life to pick up a bat and play table tennis.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span 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title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">By topic</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_settlements_in_the_UAE" title="List of ancient settlements in the UAE">Ancient settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Trucial_States" title="Slavery in the Trucial States">Slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates">Postal history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of wars involving the United Arab Emirates">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Military history of the United Arab Emirates"> Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_history_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Political history of the United Arab Emirates">Political history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Geography of the United Arab Emirates">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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reclamation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates"> Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of protected areas of the United Arab Emirates">Protected areas</a></li> <li>Territorial disputes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Musa" title="Abu Musa">Abu Musa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_and_Lesser_Tunbs" title="Greater and Lesser Tunbs">Greater and Lesser Tunbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_border#Border_dispute" title="Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border">Saudi border dispute</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wadis_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates">Wadis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Wildlife of the United Arab Emirates">Wildlife</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasive_species_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Invasive species in the United Arab Emirates">Invasive species</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Politics of the United Arab Emirates">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Federal</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Executive_branch" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cabinets_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of cabinets of the United Arab Emirates">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Council" title="Federal Supreme Council">Federal Supreme Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="President of the United Arab Emirates">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Legislative_branch" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Council" title="Federal Supreme Council">Federal Supreme Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_National_Council" title="Federal National Council">Federal National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in the United Arab Emirates">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2006 Emirati parliamentary election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2011 Emirati parliamentary election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Emirati parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2019 Emirati parliamentary election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2023 Emirati parliamentary election">2023</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Judicial system of the United Arab Emirates">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates">Supreme Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Legal_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Legal system of the United Arab Emirates">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Constitution of the United Arab Emirates">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_nationality_law" title="Emirati nationality law">Nationality</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Intelligence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Signals_Intelligence_Agency" title="Signals Intelligence Agency">Signals Intelligence Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Uniformed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces" title="United Arab Emirates Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Navy" title="United Arab Emirates Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Presidential_Guard" title="United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard">Presidential Guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Local_politics" title="Politics of the United Arab Emirates">Local</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Courts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Judicial_Department" title="Abu Dhabi Judicial Department">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubai_Courts" title="Dubai Courts">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li>Common law courts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Global_Market" title="Abu Dhabi Global Market">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DIFC_Courts" title="DIFC Courts">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_individual_Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of rulers of individual Emirates of the United Arab Emirates">Emirate rulers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_families_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Royal families of the United Arab Emirates">royal families</a></li></ul></li> <li>Governments <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Abu_Dhabi" title="Government of Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Dubai" title="Government of Dubai">Dubai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sharjah" title="Government of Sharjah">Sharjah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ajman" title="Government of Ajman">Ajman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates">Foreign relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">Abraham Accords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates">diplomatic missions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93UAE_123_Agreement_for_Peaceful_Civilian_Nuclear_Energy_Cooperation" title="U.S.–UAE 123 Agreement for Peaceful Civilian Nuclear Energy Cooperation">US-UAE nuclear energy agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Human rights in the United Arab Emirates">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Blasphemy law in the United Arab Emirates">blasphemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates">capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Freedom of religion in the United Arab Emirates">freedom of religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migrant_workers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates">migrant workers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial system in the United Arab Emirates">Justice system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Law enforcement in the United Arab Emirates">law enforcement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Legal system of the United Arab Emirates">Legal system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Abortion in the United Arab Emirates">abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoption_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Adoption in the United Arab Emirates">adoption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cannabis in the United Arab Emirates"> cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun laws in the United Arab Emirates">guns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Visa policy of the United Arab Emirates">Visa policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Economy of the United Arab Emirates">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of companies of the United Arab Emirates"> Companies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government-owned_companies_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of government-owned companies of the United Arab Emirates">state-owned</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_corporate_law" title="United Arab Emirates corporate law">Corporate Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_dirham" title="United Arab Emirates dirham">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entrepreneurship_policies_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Entrepreneurship policies in the United Arab Emirates">Entrepreneurship</a></li> <li>Finance <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of banks in the United Arab Emirates">banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates">central bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Energy in the United Arab Emirates">Energy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Nuclear power in the United Arab Emirates">nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates">oil</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates">reserves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Solar power in the United Arab Emirates">solar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of power stations in the United Arab Emirates">power stations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-trade_zones_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of free-trade zones in the United Arab Emirates">Free trade zones</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-trade_zones_in_Dubai" title="List of free-trade zones in Dubai">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Taxation in the United Arab Emirates">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Tourism in the United Arab Emirates">Tourism</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Dubai" title="Tourism in Dubai">Dubai</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates">attractions</a></li></ul></li> <li>Stock exchanges <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Securities_Exchange" title="Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange">ADX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubai_Financial_Market" title="Dubai Financial Market">DFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasdaq_Dubai" title="Nasdaq Dubai">Nasdaq Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li>Local economies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi#Economy" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Dubai" title="Economy of Dubai">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates">Telecommunications</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_telecommunications_companies#United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of telecommunications companies">companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.ae" title=".ae">Internet domain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_and_Digital_Government_Regulatory_Authority" title="Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority">regulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Telephone numbers in the United Arab Emirates">telephone numbers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Transport in the United Arab Emirates">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of airlines of the United Arab Emirates">airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of airports in the United Arab Emirates">airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of bridges in the United Arab Emirates"> bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etihad_Rail" title="Etihad Rail">national rail operator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates">railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Speed limits in the United Arab Emirates">speed limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Vehicle registration plates of the United Arab Emirates">registration plates</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Category:Society of the United Arab Emirates">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Culture47" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Culture of the United Arab Emirates">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ishy_Bilady" title="Ishy Bilady">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Architecture of the United Arab Emirates"> Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emirati_artists" title="List of Emirati artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cinema of the United Arab Emirates">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Clothing in the United Arab Emirates"> Clothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Emblem of the United Arab Emirates">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_cuisine" title="Emirati cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Flag of the United Arab Emirates">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the United Arab Emirates">Heritage sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_Arabic" title="Emirati Arabic">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Marriage in the United Arab Emirates">Marriage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Mass media in the United Arab Emirates">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of newspapers in the United Arab Emirates">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Television in the United Arab Emirates"> television</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of museums in the United Arab Emirates"> Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Music of the United Arab Emirates">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="National Library of the United Arab Emirates">National library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Religion in the United Arab Emirates">Religion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'í Faith in the United Arab Emirates">Bahá'í Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhism in the United Arab Emirates">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Christianity in the United Arab Emirates"> Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Hinduism in the United Arab Emirates"> Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Irreligion in the United Arab Emirates"> irreligion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Islam in the United Arab Emirates">Islam <span style="font-size:85%;">(official)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Shia Islam in the United Arab Emirates">Shia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judaism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Judaism in the United Arab Emirates">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Sikhism in the United Arab Emirates">Sikhism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camel_racing" title="Camel racing">camel racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cricket in the United Arab Emirates">cricket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cricket_grounds_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of cricket grounds in the United Arab Emirates">grounds</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sporting_events_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of sporting events in the United Arab Emirates">events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Football in the United Arab Emirates">football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates">clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of football stadiums in the United Arab Emirates">stadiums</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Ice hockey in the United Arab Emirates">ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polo_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Polo in the United Arab Emirates">polo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Time in the United Arab Emirates">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Women in the United Arab Emirates">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emirati_writers" title="List of Emirati writers">Writers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Conscription in the United Arab Emirates"> Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Crime in the United Arab Emirates">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Human trafficking in the United Arab Emirates">human trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Prostitution in the United Arab Emirates"> prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Terrorism in the United Arab Emirates"> terrorism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Demographics of the United Arab Emirates">Demographics</a></li> <li><a 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