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The leaders of United Arab Emirates (UAE) want to transform the country fully to be the Homeland of Humanity . It can be a model country because it thrives in diversity, where people from 220+ countries blend as they instill into the minds of all residents, local and expatriates, the value of tolerance . As I have stayed here for more than a decade, I know that most expatriates will surely agree with me that once you have experienced living here even if you have some down moments, you'd feel like you were a native of it, like it were your own homeland. There is humanity. "Humanity" , according to Wikipedia , "symbolizes love and compassion towards each other." As the UAE is a connecting point for many flights and a business hub to many nationalities, it is open to the world, of course, with some restrictions parallel to standard international policies. But when the enemy cannot be captured by the airport and port scanners, it is terrible. The unexpecte...

There is this Indian woman in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) who utilizes the social media to help locate the former Lebanese employer of her father who helped him in the 1980s. (Read more here .) For a grateful person who knows how to look back to appreciate the help of people who made it possible for her father to survive it all so the family could get through, it matters to reconnect with them to at least express the gratitude. Her father told her the story about the man who he has perceived as "a symbol of humanity" .  His story did not end in simple storytelling.  The minds and hearts of his family members are open to listening to him, to know the value of that help, and to thank people who served as 'bridges' to transport him from darkness to light. In an uncaring world, when a father/mother tells about his/her story to children, the latter just ignore him/her. In their minds -- "They have nothing to do with my life. Why should I care?...

To truly live the meaning behind the celebration of 2019 as the Year of Tolerance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), some practical initiatives are swiftly acted on. For one, as published in Gulf News on 23 February 2019, AED361M loans of 3,310 Emiratis were waived, in cooperation with some local banks . According to general-director of the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi and chairman of the Supreme Committee of the Debt Settlement Fund Jaber Mohammed Ganem Al Suwaidi,  "it aims to make tolerance a sustainable institutional work expressed through practical initiatives". I respect the government led by the President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan more for this. I just wish that the local banks will embrace more practical initiatives in handling the loans of people of other nationalities, in observance of the Year of Tolerance. If you watch "Heal" on Netflix , you will understand that stress is the root cause of most illnesses these days. Im...