Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar recounts the events of September 30 in his first English-language interview with The National's Editor-in-Chief, Mina Al-Oraibi - but how and when did his survival instinct kick in?
Watch the full conversation on our website and at TheNationalUAEchannel on Youtube tonight, Saturday, October 17, at 9pm Abu Dhabi time.
Textbook definition of Entryism: Win the seat on a platform of lowering prices, then intervene in foreign policy, including in unconstitutional ways like when Mamdani thought he could arrest Israeli PM Netanyahu.
تجاوز السفاهة والسقوط اللذين نشهدهما في المهاترات الخليجية عبر وسائل التواصل واجب علينا جميعاً. فهذه اللغة لا تمثلنا، ولا تعبّر عن أخلاقنا وقيمنا.
نمرّ بمرحلة مفصلية تتطلب منا جميعا الوعي والمسؤولية، وقد نختلف في تقييم المواقف، لكن لا بديل عن التكاتف وتغليب الحكمة ونبذ التناكف.
قائد طائرة فلاي دبي يروي لأول مرة حصرياً لسكاي نيوز عربية اللحظات الأولى للاعتداء ومحاولة السيطرة على الطائرة
المقابلة كاملة:
21:00 بتوقيت أبوظبي
17:00 بتوقيت غرينتش
ملاحظة: تعكس التصريحات الواردة في هذه المقابلة ما يتذكره الضيف من أحداث، وفقا لتجربته الشخصية وإدراكه لها وقت وقوعها.
If you genuinely think you have no links to the Muslim Brotherhood while being actively funded by them, don’t worry. The day will come when they come to collect.
Excellence becomes a national character when it is practiced until it turns into habit. The UAE shows a rare coherence, with energy, industry, technology and artificial intelligence all serving one vision, and that vision serving people. Technology here protects human dignity and extends human ability. Power works through partnership, and ambition is measured by what it builds for others. A society that invests in cohesion, sustainability and trust understands that prosperity is what a nation becomes as much as what it owns. The future belongs to those who shape it with patience, purpose and confidence, and the UAE is doing exactly that.
Honestly, watching the UAE right now is something else. Energy, industry, tech and AI are all moving at once. “full race”as we say in the Emirates. Big partnerships are landing, government is getting smarter and faster, and the whole country is building toward a future it clearly believes in. Other nations write plans and hold panels about tomorrow. The Emirates just ships it. That kind of confidence does not come from luck. It comes from vision, discipline and leaders who actually deliver. Proud to see it, and this is only the start.
بصوت الإمارات…
رؤية واحدة تجمع التنمية والابتكار والتعاون من أجل مستقبل أكثر ازدهاراً واستقراراً
Through the Voice of the UAE…
One vision advancing development, innovation and cooperation for a more stable and a prosperous future
#UAEUNGA81
بصوت الإمارات…
رؤية واحدة تجمع التنمية والابتكار والتعاون من أجل مستقبل أكثر ازدهاراً واستقراراً
Through the Voice of the UAE…
One vision advancing development, innovation and cooperation for a more stable and a prosperous future
#UAEUNGA81
You raise an important point. Publicly expressed support for political movements and the glorification of violence should never be brushed aside as something “not serious” simply because it becomes politically inconvenient.
If those statements were made, they deserve honest answers, not convenient excuses. Political ambition should never come at the expense of transparency and accountability.
Extremism must be confronted consistently, and the safety of future generations should always come before political interests.
Abdul El Sayed's wife, Sarah Jukaku, is the daughter of Dr. Jukaku S. Tayeb, who is also known as Tayeb Jukaku or Jukaku Tayeb. Dr. Tayeb served as the President of CAIR-Michigan from 2005 to 2010, according to IRS disclosures and contemporary reports. He currently remains on the Board of Directors, as listed on CAIR-Michigan's website.
Both the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and CAIR were named as unindicted co-conspirators in the 2007–2008 Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial, in which leaders of the Holy Land Foundation were convicted of channeling over $12 million to Hamas. Federal prosecutors identified ISNA as one of eight entities that “are and/or were members of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood,” and a federal judge ruled in 2009 that there was “ample evidence” linking these groups to activities associated with Hamas, including shared accounts and transfers.
His entire family is connected to Islamists because that's what he is. He called for journalist to be purged under Morsi!!! what are we even doing anymore.