UAE gets happiness, tolerance ministers

The UAE will soon have a Minister of State for Happiness with the mission to “channel policies and plans to achieve happier society”. Another new position, the Minister of Tolerance, will “inculcate tolerance as a fundamental value in the UAE.”

These positions are just two of the sweeping changes announced by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in a series of tweets on Monday’s “Social Media Dialogue of the Future.” The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, approved a large-scale