Publisher’s LETTER GLOBAL CITIZEN publisher Armand Peponnet editor Natasha Tourish - nt@global-citizen.com Sub Editor Tahira Yaqoob - ty@global-citizen.com Lifestyle Editor Nausheen Noor - nn@global-citizen.com ART DIRECTOR Omid Khadem - ok@global-citizen.com
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Finance Manager Muhammad Tauseef - mtauseef@reachmedia.ae CONTRIBUTORS Simon de Burton, Amanda Fisher, Peter Allen, Gemma Champ, Robin Yapp, Sarah Walton, Francais Bentley, Craig Courtice, Piers Manning Printed by Masar Printing and Publishing
s we embark on another new year, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank my talented team for their hard work over the past four years, and for positioning Global Citizen as the premier luxury title in the UAE for wealthy expatriates. Nothing would have been possible without our loyal readers and advertisers who have been supporting us since the very beginning. It takes a lot of determination and perseverance to launch a new title in a market that is over saturated but if you do it right, as we believe we have, the reward is even greater! Following the success of Global Citizen in the GCC markets, 2014 saw the launch of our first International edition in South Africa. We hope this year will bring even further opportunities to expand our reach internationally. Beyond Global Citizen (GC), I still felt there was a void for a title focusing on the same like-minded individuals that shaped GC’s content, namely entrepreneurship, philanthropy and social business but with a special focus on the domestic market. So with the same determination and gusto, we have gone from global to local and are this month launching a new title for the citizens who shape one of the fastest growing economy’s in the world. Emirati Citizen is a luxury newspaper published in both English and Arabic, and the first edition is offered as a supplement to our January issue of Global Citizen. As the name suggests, Emirati Citizen will focus only on Emiratis, the nationals who contribute to the growth of the UAE economy and help put their country on the map thanks to their vision, pioneering work and generosity. In the same luxury format as our mother title, Emirati Citizen will be the first bi-monthly title to showcase the UAE’s entrepreneurs, philanthropists, family businesses and creatives.
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I wish you a happy new year and enjoy the new issues!
Armand Peponnet 8
JAN / FEB 2015
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