Constitution of the United Arab Republic (400 from Egypt and 200 from Syria). It first met on 21 July 1960 and lasted until 22 June 1961. Constitution of the United Arab Republic The Constitution of the United Arab Republic or the Constitution of 1958 was the constitution for the short-lived political union between Egypt and Syria known as the United Arab Republic. This 74-article provisional constitution was formulated in March 1958 and lasted until 1961. The constitution established the union of Egypt and Syria. It distributed power accordingly to the legislative authority (the National Assembly), the executive authority (represented in the Council of Ministers in addition
Bahá'í Faith in the United Arab Emirates Bahá'í Faith in the United Arab Emirates The Bahá'í Faith in the United Arab Emirates began before the country gained independence in 1971. The first Bahá'ís arrived in Dubai by 1950, and by 1957 there were four Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assemblies in the region of the United Arab Emirates and a regional National Spiritual Assembly of the Arabian Peninsula. Recent estimates count some 75,000 Bahá'ís or 1.6% of the national population - second only to Iran in number of Bahá'ís in the nations of the Middle East - though the World Christian Encyclopedia estimates closer to 51,700, 1.3%, in 2005.