Faisal Ali Mohamoud

A Life Limited by a Passport. Content Warning.

A few months ago — sometime between October and December 2025 — I came across a Facebook post that made me stop scrolling. It was an announcement from Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan’s Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence, inviting people to take part in My UAE Story — a competition encouraging everyone, especially residents, to share personal narratives of hope, dreams, and belonging in order to help build a national identity rooted in diversity.