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Emirates Post Issues Stamp Set Celebrating AI In UAE Schools

The release coincides with the rollout of artificial intelligence as a compulsory subject across public schools from kindergarten to Grade 12.

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9 months ago

January 6, 2026

Nour Nasir

Emirates Post

Emirates Post has issued a commemorative stamp set to mark the introduction of artificial intelligence as a mandatory subject in the UAE’s national school curriculum.

The release aligns with the nationwide rollout of AI education across government schools for the 2025–2026 academic year, covering students from kindergarten through Grade 12. The policy embeds AI into core learning as the country pushes to align education with its digital transformation agenda.

Launched under the banner “Year of Community – Education through Artificial Intelligence”, the four-stamp collection depicts technology-enabled classrooms. Students are shown interacting with smart devices, robotics and drones, reflecting the applied focus of the curriculum rather than abstract theory.

Education authorities have positioned the program around practical use and ethical awareness, aiming to equip students with problem-solving skills and the ability to engage responsibly with fast-moving technologies. The approach is intended to strengthen human capital as AI adoption accelerates across the economy.

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Emirates Post said the issue forms part of its role in recording major milestones in the UAE’s development, using stamps to reflect shifts in public policy and national priorities. The classroom rollout also supports the country’s bid to position itself as a global technology hub, as regional competition intensifies to build advanced digital skills from an early age.

The stamp collection is available at National Network for Logistics (NXN) branches and through the Emirates Post online store.

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Microsoft Plans $10 Billion-Plus Gulf Expansion Despite Iran Conflict

Security is shaping Microsoft’s approach, from resilience work with governments to what it will say about how the money splits by country.

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4 days ago

September 24, 2026

Nour Nasir

Microsoft

Microsoft is planning more than $10 billion of investment across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait through 2030, Vice Chair and President Brad Smith told Reuters, calling the spending schedule aggressive. The Iranian conflict that began on February 28 has not persuaded the company to scale back.

“We’re sustaining all the investments we planned to make before this conflict started, and we are in fact adding to them,” Smith said. The $10 billion-plus total does not, however, show how large those additions are.

The investment, which Smith described as part of Microsoft’s continued infrastructure expansion, is aimed at cloud and AI infrastructure and at the company’s growing regional operations. Microsoft also intends to put more than $400 million into subsea and terrestrial connectivity across the Middle East by 2030.

The spending fits the region’s own ambitions too. Gulf governments have been investing heavily in AI infrastructure as part of a push to diversify their economies beyond oil and gas and turn themselves into global technology hubs. Major cloud and AI providers have been drawn in part by the land and relatively low-cost energy on offer.

Microsoft is widening its partnerships with regional AI companies, though not on identical terms. In 2024, it invested $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi-based G42 for a minority stake, and Smith currently sits on G42’s board. Saudi Arabia’s Humain and Qatar’s Qai are working with Microsoft on selected priority areas, but Smith said the company does not plan to make capital investments in either.

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The conflict has added another strand to Microsoft’s work in the region. Since it began, Smith said, the company has supported regional partners with digital resilience assessments, and it is now working with Gulf countries through a digital resilience initiative focused on preparedness and the protection of critical data.

So far, the company has given no country-by-country breakdown of the investment, citing security among other factors. So while the headline figure is public, how Microsoft divides the spending among the four countries is not.