The United Arab Emirates plans to teach school students about the Holocaust, signalling warming ties with Israel. theSun theSundaily UAE Holocaust education Israel
Ahmed al-Mansoori, director of the “Crossroads of Civilizations Museum”, shows visitors around the Holocaust Gallery at the facility in Dubai on January 11, 2023. AFPPIX: The United Arab Emirates plans to teach school students about the Holocaust, signalling warming ties with Israel, a country that is widely condemned in the Arab world over the Palestinian conflict.
“It’s good that the UAE is taking a lead in the Arab world on this hugely important part of history that everyone should know about,“ said the 38-year-old British finance professional who lives in Dubai.Duhn visited the exhibit after hearing that the UAE will become the first Arab country to include the Holocaust, the Nazis' systematic murder of millions of Jews and other groups, in its state school curriculum.
Solidarity with the Palestinian cause has made the Holocaust a taboo subject in many Arab countries, where school texts and world maps often deny the very existence of Israel, which is commonly dubbed the “Zionist entity”.Given this highly charged context, the UAE's landmark decision has not been greeted with unanimous praise, and some experts predict that a major change in public perceptions will be slow in coming.
Ahmed Obaid Almansoori, founder of the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum that houses the Holocaust Gallery, said it was “important to introduce Holocaust education in the region, since the level of denial is very high”. “Those who had suffered injustice should protect those who suffer injustice -- and not act unjustly,“ said one message in Arabic, while other visitors wrote “Down with Zionist imperialism” and more incendiary comments.Some private schools in the oil-rich Gulf country, where 90 percent of people are expatriates, already teach about the Holocaust, and the UAE has hosted lectures by Jewish survivors since normalising ties with Israel.
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