Embassy Activities 2016
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![His Excellency Omar Al Shamsi welcomed participants and kicked off the 12th annual Washington Diplomat Embassy Golf Tournament today, co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates embassy in #DC along with our friends and partners from Children's National Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Medicine. #UAEUSA](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/omar_golf.jpg)
His Excellency Omar Al Shamsi welcomed participants and kicked off the 12th annual Washington Diplomat Embassy Golf Tournament today, co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates embassy in #DC along with our friends and partners from Children's National Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Medicine. #UAEUSA
![Thank you to all of our partners, friends, #UAE students and thousands of participants who came out last weekend to help make the 2016 #UAEHK10K successful in benefitting the National Kidney Foundation Inc and raising awareness for #kidneydisease. #UAEUSA](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/hk10k-1.jpg)
Thank you to all of our partners, friends, #UAE students and thousands of participants who came out last weekend to help make the 2016 #UAEHK10K successful in benefitting the National Kidney Foundation Inc and raising awareness for #kidneydisease. #UAEUSA
![Thank you to all of our partners, friends, #UAE students and thousands of participants who came out last weekend to help make the 2016 #UAEHK10K successful in benefitting the National Kidney Foundation Inc and raising awareness for #kidneydisease. #UAEUSA](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/hk10k-2.jpg)
Thank you to all of our partners, friends, #UAE students and thousands of participants who came out last weekend to help make the 2016 #UAEHK10K successful in benefitting the National Kidney Foundation Inc and raising awareness for #kidneydisease. #UAEUSA
![In his keynote address to the NYU Abu Dhabi class of 2016, United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba praised graduates for their bold thinking, willingness to take risks, and openness to other people and perspectives. Ambassador Al Otaiba emphasized how this forward-thinking outlook will create a more positive future for the region and the world. “You have a responsibility to be an advocate for the values that you’ve embraced here at NYU Abu Dhabi – the very same values that wi](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/yao-nyuad.jpg)
In his keynote address to the NYU Abu Dhabi class of 2016, United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba praised graduates for their bold thinking, willingness to take risks, and openness to other people and perspectives. Ambassador Al Otaiba emphasized how this forward-thinking outlook will create a more positive future for the region and the world. “You have a responsibility to be an advocate for the values that you’ve embraced here at NYU Abu Dhabi – the very same values that wi
![On June 1 at RAND Corporation's Santa Monica headquarters, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba discussed what he saw as the United Arab Emirates' progress as both an emerging power in the #MiddleEast as well as a reliable ally of the West. http://www.rand.org/blog/2016/06/a-new-middle-east-rhodes-scholars-not-radicals.html #UAEUSA](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/yao-rand.jpg)
On June 1 at RAND Corporation's Santa Monica headquarters, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba discussed what he saw as the United Arab Emirates' progress as both an emerging power in the #MiddleEast as well as a reliable ally of the West. http://www.rand.org/blog/2016/06/a-new-middle-east-rhodes-scholars-not-radicals.html #UAEUSA
![“We are going on a journey to Mars,“ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Charles Bolden said today to a #Ramadan Majlis audience that included Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the #UAE Armed Forces, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussing how the United Arab Emirates and United States can work together on #Mars missions and to further space exploration and technology, “You’re going to help us turn the impossible into the possible and s](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/mbz-bolden-majlis-ad.jpg)
“We are going on a journey to Mars,“ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Charles Bolden said today to a #Ramadan Majlis audience that included Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the #UAE Armed Forces, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussing how the United Arab Emirates and United States can work together on #Mars missions and to further space exploration and technology, “You’re going to help us turn the impossible into the possible and s
![“We created a modern nation-state in a few decades out of a harsh environment - a startup state. UAE is the epitome of a startup nation, is 99% literate, reached unprecedented levels of female participation in government (1/3 of the UAE cabinet is female), can be a model that influences the region and example of an ecosystem allows equal playing field for entrepreneurs from around the world”. - Ruba Al Hassan On the sideline of President Obama's Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University, Senior](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/ruba-entrepreneurship-summit.jpg)
“We created a modern nation-state in a few decades out of a harsh environment - a startup state. UAE is the epitome of a startup nation, is 99% literate, reached unprecedented levels of female participation in government (1/3 of the UAE cabinet is female), can be a model that influences the region and example of an ecosystem allows equal playing field for entrepreneurs from around the world”. - Ruba Al Hassan On the sideline of President Obama's Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University, Senior
![On the sidelines of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University, the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC, lead by Senior Advisor to Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Ruba Al Hassan co-sponsored a speed networking event and Iftar, hosted by Middle East & North Africa Consultants Association, the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State, and the Arab League for entrepreneurs and investors to meet, exchange ideas, opportunities and develop potential partnerships. #UAEUSA #GES2016](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/ruba-entrepreneurship-summit-2.jpg)
On the sidelines of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University, the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC, lead by Senior Advisor to Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Ruba Al Hassan co-sponsored a speed networking event and Iftar, hosted by Middle East & North Africa Consultants Association, the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State, and the Arab League for entrepreneurs and investors to meet, exchange ideas, opportunities and develop potential partnerships. #UAEUSA #GES2016
![Honored to host a dynamic group of #UAE's future diplomats from the Emirates Diplomatic Acaedmy & participate in their international relations training. #UAEUSA. فخورين باستضافة مجموعة من دبلوماسيي المستقبل والمشاركة في برنامجهم التدريبي في العلاقات الدولية - July 2016](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/eda-1.jpg)
Honored to host a dynamic group of #UAE's future diplomats from the Emirates Diplomatic Acaedmy & participate in their international relations training. #UAEUSA. فخورين باستضافة مجموعة من دبلوماسيي المستقبل والمشاركة في برنامجهم التدريبي في العلاقات الدولية - July 2016
![His Excellency Faris Al Mazrouei, United Arab Emirates Assistant Foreign Minister for Security and Military Affairs, HIs Excellency Mohamed Abushahab Director of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a visiting group of #UAE diplomats from the Emirates Diplomatic Academy participated in the 2016 #PeaceGame in Washington, #DC yesterday. In partnership between Foreign Policy and the Embassy of the #UnitedArabEmirates in Washington, DC - July 2016](/sites/default/files/photo-gallery/eda-2.jpg)
His Excellency Faris Al Mazrouei, United Arab Emirates Assistant Foreign Minister for Security and Military Affairs, HIs Excellency Mohamed Abushahab Director of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a visiting group of #UAE diplomats from the Emirates Diplomatic Academy participated in the 2016 #PeaceGame in Washington, #DC yesterday. In partnership between Foreign Policy and the Embassy of the #UnitedArabEmirates in Washington, DC - July 2016