HATTA SIGN HATTA SIGN

Written By: Aditya Bhandarkar

Edited By: Siddharth Menon

Dubai recently achieved a remarkable feat by surpassing the world record for the tallest landmark sign. This sign stands taller than the famous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, which measures a mere 13.7 meters. Dubai's monumental sign is an impressive 19.28 meters in height and proudly spells out the word "Hatta." Much like its iconic counterpart in the US, this sign illuminates the night sky, serving as a prominent and easily visible landmark round the clock.

The construction of this colossal sign is part of a broader strategy aimed at enhancing Dubai's tourism industry. It capitalizes on the breathtaking natural beauty and cooler temperatures of the mountainous Hatta region. Notably, the sign can only be accessed on foot, requiring approximately 30 minutes of walking from Hatta Wadi Hub.

Written by : Saeed Al-Falasi | Edited by Aditya Bhandarkar

An announcement in the middle of August saw that 6 new countries will join the BRICS economic alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa at the start of 2024 The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and Argentina will soon be the newest members. The new 6 members of the alliance will look to expand and look to add new members in the future as the alliance grows

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had good relations with The United States and the western nations until Saudi Arabia boycotted the US Dollar a few months ago. Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE will be valuable additions to the alliance, as both countries have large potential to grow further, especially with their ongoing investments into things like tourism

Iran currently has overwhelmingly negative relations with the likes of the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia Iran is currently negotiating with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for a peace agreement and releasing tensions between the two middle eastern powers. They are finally coming to an agreement where they would work together to defeat the United States and become a powerful alliance

Egypt and Ethiopia are bitter rivals as well Ethiopia wanted a part of the Nile river which Egypt needed for importing and exporting goods to its neighbouring countries. Ethiopia is already the second most populous country in Africa and is one of the largest landlocked countries in Africa Now that they will both join BRICS, they are both going to look into coming to an alliance

Argentina, the 8th largest country in the world, is also looking to improve themselves economically by joining the BRICS alliance They are not the strongest country in terms of economy, but Argentina joining can also grow the BRICS alliance and could also benefit Argentina as a country They already have good relations with the United States, but Argentina joining BRICS could bring their relations apart.

Apart from these 6, a few more countries are looking to possibly join BRICS Indonesia, which is the 4th most populous country in the world, Kazakhstan which is the 9th largest country by land, and Algeria which is the 10th largest country by land, and also the largest country in Africa. All of these countries are looking to join in the future but were not included in the 2024 announcement

Writing Team

Vaishnavi Prasad

Madhavi Sinha

Siddharth Menon

Lana Al-Jaibaji

Alicia Tayar

Twarita Verma

Aditya Bhandarkar

Ridhi Mahajan

Shu Jun Gu

Imran Rahimi

Ashiya Manaktala

Atharva Srivastava

Dania Abdelmonem

Sneha Mukherjee

Saeed Al-falasi

Design Team

Srilatha Rao

Hana Zakaria

Anvita Veera

Lana Al-Jaibaji

Vaishnavi Prasad

Imran Rahimi

Myra Khan

Gia Kapoor

Advay Nair

Saanjhi Dubey

Sidh Santosh

Editing Team

Vivaan Bhatia

Alicia Tayar

Shu Jun Gu

Akanksha Johns

Micheal Crawford

Lana Al-Jaibaji

Zhijie Gu

Siddharth Menon

Aditya Bhandarkar

Myra Khan

Devyansh Lilaramani

Special thanks to all the teachers who made this Issue possible

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Mr. Robert Cross

Mr. Robert White