Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates Emirates. Expatriate Afghan businessmen, traders, and entrepreneurs formed an Afghan Business Council of Dubai in 2005. The organisation strives to develop economic, cultural, and social relations between Afghanistan and the UAE, and to promote the interests of the Dubai Afghan business community. The Afghan community in the UAE forms the second largest diaspora of Afghans after the United States. Over 500,000 Bangladeshis live in the UAE. Expatriates from Bangladesh in the United Arab Emirates form one of the largest communities along with others hailing from the Indian subcontinent. They are spread out over the various emirates of the country, with
United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Olympics United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Olympics United Arab Emirates competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee selected a team of 13 athletes, 9 men and 4 women, to compete in six different sports at the Games. The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was half the size of the delegation sent to London (26 athletes), and had the largest share of female athletes in its Summer Olympic history. The Emirati