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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: UAE schoolbooks earn high marks for cultural tolerance even if that means praising China
Description: An Israeli NGO gives the United Arab Emirates high marks for mandating schoolbooks that teach tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and engagement with non-Muslims.At the same time, the report appeared in its evaluation of Emirati textbooks to hue closely to Israeli policy towards the UAE and, more generally, most states that populate the Middle East.