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  • BAKU: Armenian Diaspora In UAE Is Dead: Head Of Azerbaijani Diaspora

    ARMENIAN DIASPORA IN UAE IS DEAD: HEAD OF AZERBAIJANI DIASPORA ORGANIZATION

    Today.Az
    http://www.today.az/news/so ciety/54467.html
    Aug 7 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Head of Azerbaijani diaspora organization in the United Aram Emirates
    Samir Iman spoke in an interview with Day.Az.

    Day.Az: How many Azerbaijanis live in UAE at the moment?

    Samir Iman: Azerbaijani diaspora of the United Arab Emirates comprises
    about 1,000 people including all family members. Most of Azerbaijanis
    live in Dubai and Sharjah as major cities are located in these two
    emirates.

    As you know, the law of this country does not allow foreigners to
    obtain citizenship regardless of how many years they lived here. That
    is why the number of our compatriots are not so great. Talking about
    their employment, it is safe to note that they are represented in
    all areas including business and medicine and in half-governmental
    agencies. For example, an Azerbaijani works as chief engineer at
    Sharjah emirate TV channel. Our doctors work in public hospitals. Chief
    editor of Russian magazine Aviamost which is published here is
    Azerbaijani, too. Our countrywoman works for local newspaper Khaleej
    Times.

    Lot of our young people are enrolled in high schools in UAE. I note
    that at the American University of Dubai has opened up Department
    of Journalism two years ago. It would be nice if our students would
    come to this department, but not only business, management or design
    departments. Indeed, in the future this will enable them to skilfully
    write about the culture and history of Azerbaijan and the Karabakh
    issue.

    Q: How local population treats Azerbaijanis in the UAE?

    A: Azerbaijanis in UAE live well. The attitude of local authorities
    and population to us is positive. The country respect the laws very
    well, so people who come to the UAE for the first time faced some
    problems due to lack of knowledge of laws but with time everything
    falls into place

    Q: It is known there is large Armenian diaspora in the UAE. Please
    tell us how many people it comprises and in what it is engaged?

    A: Some 10,000 Armenians live in the Emirates. They are mostly from
    Lebanon, Syria and some from Palestine. In this regard, it is easy for
    them to get adapted to life here because of knowledge of the Arabic
    language. Almost all of them have an Arab education. Armenians from
    Armenia is not so much.

    They are also represented in all spheres of life: business and civil
    service. Despite a relatively large number, hey can not do anything.

    Friday is a day-off in the Muslim world. In Sharjah there is Armenian
    church where they go on that day. Here, children learn their native
    language, culture, discuss their problems, including the issue of
    Karabakh.

    But they can not do anything openly or stage any propaganda. We can say
    that the Armenian diaspora in the UAE is dead and is hardly felt here.

    Last year, Gulf News newspaper published an article about Turkish
    president's visit to Armenia. Only then Armenians, taking advantage of
    the opportunity, were able to print in a newspaper that allegedly with
    the support of Turkey Azerbaijan has imposed a blockade on Karabakh
    and wanted to occupy it. After reading this article, I decided to
    force the newspaper to correct the errors and punish them for their
    lies. I succeeded to do it in a month . It took a lot of efforts. All
    the authorities were informed in a written form that the paper was
    engaged in anti-Emirate propaganda.

    As a result, after a great pressure from local authorities, the
    newspaper published a new article, which included the following:
    "Karabakh is historical Azerbaijani land occupied by Armenian
    extremists, thus killing thousands of innocent people." We must always
    be alert and monitor the press, both Arab and English speaking.

    Over the past two years I have been signed and handed two books
    entitled "Armenian terrorism" and "Heydar Aliyev, National and
    Spiritual Values" by writer Adel Abdullah Al-Fallahi, chairman of the
    State Committee for Religious Affairs of Kuwait, to all government
    institutions and other organizations.
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