United Arab Emirates 2011 Parliamentary Election ephemera, August-September 2011

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Summary

Abstract:
Newspaper clippings and small posters from the September 2011 United Arab Emirates Parliamentary Election. Contains approximately 163 political advertisements dated from August to September 2011, including material on several women nominees.
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (1 oversize flat box)
Language:
Materials are in Arabic.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], United Arab Emirates 2011 Parliamentary Election ephemera, Collection 1996. UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains approximately 163 newspaper clippings and small posters from the September 2011 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Parliamentary Election. The materials were collected from the UAE and relate to the candidates, including several women, that ran in the federation's second parliamentary election.

Biographical / historical:

On the 24th of September in 2011, a parliamentary election was held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to elect members of the 15th Chapter of the Federal National Council. With a voter turnout at around 28%, UAE citizens elected nineteen men and one woman into office, and the country's leaders appointed another twenty officials.

Acquisition information:
Gift of David Hirsch, 2012.
Processing information:

Processed by Gloria Gonzalez with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2013.

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Arrangement:

Materials are arranged in the original order established by the donor. To expedite user access, the collection was minimally described.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], United Arab Emirates 2011 Parliamentary Election ephemera, Collection 1996. UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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