Ambassador Arif Lalani: Building for the future – Khaleej Times

There are few diplomats who talk about nation building and Nabati poetry with equal eloquence. Arif Z. Lalani, Ambassador of Canada to the UAE is one such emissary.

The Ugandan-born Lalani arrived in Canada with his parents at the age of five after his family faced persecution by the country’s military under Idi Amin. raised and educated in Canada where he picked up a degree in International relations from the University of British Columbia and a Master’s degree from the Lon- don School of economics, Lalani joined the Foreign Service.

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