UNCOVERED: 4 - The Untold Story

Where is World Expo 2020 host Dubai leading us?

'Connecting minds, creating the future", the slogan of World Expo 2020, is everywhere in Dubai. The ongoing event, which opened a year late in October 2021, is the first of its kind since the beginning of the pandemic. Few other places in the world are as future-oriented as Dubai. But…

Bangkok Post · Mar 17, 2022

Dubai Expo says remains open to all nations after Russian invasion of Ukraine

Expo 2020 Dubai on Friday said the major international cultural and business event hosted by the United Arab Emirates remains open to all countries following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Dubai Expo: Chance for change in Middle East and North Africa

Dubai’s world fair represents a golden opportunity for MENA participants to drum up interest in their countries.

Al Jazeera · Feb 19, 2022

Jefferson Quran returns to US as Dubai Expo 2020 winds down

A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson is returning to America

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

Edinburgh festivals given huge share of government fund to support artists

The Capital's renowned international festival programme has been hit by covid over the last two years but will benefit from almost half the Festivals Expo Fund in a bid to boost the 'resilience' of affected artists

Edinburgh Live · Feb 8, 2022

New report highlights labour rights abuses at Dubai’s Expo 2020

Workers who built the Dubai’s extravagant Expo 2020 site face exploitation, labour abuses, a new report has found.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2022

Dubai’s Expo 2020 hit by allegations of migrant worker exploitation

Migrant workers in the UAE say they had to pay illegal recruitment fees and had their passports confiscated

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

New report details labor rights abuses at Dubai's Expo 2020

A new report says that the legions of workers who built Dubai’s vast Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Allegations of worker exploitation at ‘world’s greatest show’ in Dubai

Migrant workers employed at Expo 2020 allege confiscated passports, racial discrimination and withheld wages

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

Israel President Hopes for More Regional Normalization on First UAE Visit

Israel's president spoke at Dubai's Expo 2020 world fair on Monday on the first presidential visit to the United Arab Emirates, despite the Gulf state overnight saying it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen. The UAE became the first Gulf state to normalize…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022