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This month, Dr Ali joined Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council and a UAE parliamentary delegation on a visit to China. The delegation met with a team led by Zhao Lijie, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the Republic of China. The group held a discussion session in[View More]

Dr Ali was recently in Germany for talks with European counterparts on furthering foreign, security and economic relations. Held at the Akademie of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, he participated in a panel discussion entitled A Common Agenda For European-Gulf Cooperation. During the visit, he met with key parliamentarians advancing key issues of common interest to the two[View More]

Dr. Ali visited the UAE Special Olympics team in Berlin this week as they prepare for the Special Olympics World Games 2023. Accompanied by two members of the Federal National Council, Marwan Obaid Al Muhairi and Sarah Falaknaz. Dr. Ali told the team members of the UAE’s pride in their efforts. The team represents the[View More]

The Manara Regional Center for Coexistence, under the chairmanship of Dr Ali, launched its first global event this month at the Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue titled “Working Together for Our Common Future.” The session “Building Bridges of Understanding: Fostering Interfaith Coexistence and Inclusive Communities,” was held in collaboration with the Abrahamic Family House in[View More]

This week, Dr Ali attended the Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue held by the Inter-parliamentary Union, hosted by the Moroccan government in Marrakech. In the panel session, ‘Promoting trust and mutual recognition: contributions of religious actors and parliamentarians to counter hate speech, incitement to violence and digital challenges to democracy’, Dr Ali spoke of the[View More]

In a dangerous diversion, members of the US Congress and the European Parliament have demanded the removal of Sultan Al Jaber as COP28 president-designate. But to have any hope of taking urgent action to address climate change and maintain economic growth, the world must not let political drama impede tangible and practical solutions. ABU DHABI[View More]

Dr Ali joined HE Saqr Ghobash, President of the Federal National Council, on a delegation to France and Germany this week to discuss common interests, ways to further deepen relations, and the upcoming COP28 summit in the UAE. It was part of a major push to raise awareness of the critical global event happening later[View More]

Dr Ali was one of the keynote speakers at the annual Anti-Defamation League (ADL) National Leadership Summit in Washington this weekend. As the Chairman of the Manara Center For Coexistence in Abu Dhabi, which is partnered with the ADL, one of the oldest NGOs fighting anti-semitism, Dr Ali shared the UAE’s vision of regional coexistence.[View More]