October 11, 2009
Catching Up in the Persian Gulf
Nasser Younes, AFP
An Emirati student visits the campus library at Zayed U., which recently began admitting students from at least a few foreign countries.
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Nasser Younes, AFP
An Emirati student visits the campus library at Zayed U., which recently began admitting students from at least a few foreign countries.
Eleven years ago, when Zayed University opened its doors in the United Arab Emirates, it admitted only a narrow set of college-aged students: Emirati women.
The populations of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, where Zayed's two campuses are located, are among the most diverse in the world. Yet expatriates—who make up some 80 percent of the resident population—were told simply not to bother applying.
Children of the growing expatriate middle class represent a substantial number
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