finally he got a scholarship to , to get a union university education. my mother there, that is why i am half russian and have erati. 100% emirati and half arab. [laughter] statehe was minister of for affairs in 1974, and in 1977, he was killed in a terrorist incident in abu dhabi. it was a accidental killing. the person beside him was the intended target. john: and the effect of losing them so long on you -- so young on you? omar: it is coming after 40 years, and is something i will carry with me until the end of my life. what i did notice is my relationship to my father's passing had not gone affects to my children -- knock on effects on my children. i notice that with my nieces and my nephews. i said that we need to put an end to the pain and make a stand and say, you know, an incident that happened 40 years ago should not now begin to cripple our children. and it makes me empathize tremendously with other victims of violence whether it is , religious, political, domestic. i think it is important that we all stand and push back against this strange ki

education, didn't have any money. finally, in his 30s, he was offered a scholarship to the soviet union to get a university education, he did that. he married my mother. that's why i'm half russian, half emiratey. or 100% emiratey and half arab. ( laughter ) he was killed in a terrorist incident in abu dhabi. it was an accidental killing. the person beside him was the intended target. >> and the effect of losing him so young on you? >> you know, i don't want the feel sorry for myself, but it's coming up to 40 years and it's something that i will carry with me till the end of my life. what i did notice is my relationship to my father's passing had affects on my children. i noticed this with my nieces and nephews and i had a chat with my brother and sister and i said, we really need to make a stand and say an incident that happened 40 years ago should not now begin to cripple our children. so it makes me empathize tremendously with other victims of violence, whether it's domestic or political or religious violence. i think it's exceptionally important we all stand and push back against this strange kind of theology of

hierarchy, and so in the summer of 1928, john dewey along with 25 american educators in various universities made a trip to the soviet union where they were given the full potemkin village treatment. all the factories, ride around in lincoln limousines, caviar, everything you could imagine. he went there realizing the possibility that they were going to try to manipulate him. he said the warning that i would be fooled by being taken to places, that's not going to possibly happen. so, he came back and wrote a six part series for the new republic. the political bible of the american left for a long time. published from november 14, 1928 through december 19, 1928. i have a long chapter on this in the book, so i won't read all the quotes, but it is astonishing to read these articles. it is really astonishing. john dewey, my mind was in a whirl. readjustment was difficult. i lived somewhat dazed. the liberation of the people that i saw. the outstanding fact is that russia is in a revolution involving the release of human powers of such an unprecedented scale that it is of in countable significance not only for this country but

work in the higher education sector, and my job is to make sure that the kind of elaboration that are so important for our universities, are collaborations across the european unionso global collaborations, that they are able to continue. they contribute to the academic excellence of our institutions. we are very diverse university. we have students from over 130 countries. we want that to continue. part of the reason i'm here in abu dhabi and i will be going to dubai is to reassure our potential students, but also come.who might want to we remain open, our global perspective continues. teaching, research, and expertise that we have in this region will continue. we very much value international collaboration. david: i think you brought up a very good point. a lot of people seem to be meansg about what this for financial markets. when it comes to business, you are in the academic sector, we talk about the impact of trade and manufacturing. from the people that you talk to, what is the sense of how much under threat are these partnerships? should your students worry? this should not be a discussion that is only about the economy. that is part of my worry about this

union university. so, all of us have these personal stories. >> right. >> but it was because these colleges were forced -- were not forced, they were founded because we were forced out of the mainstream of education, so there's no black family this didn't touch. that affects even now because i'm only a generation away from my mother not being able to go to school where she was born and raised. >> right. i think it's really important that we understand that historically black colleges were probably the biggest engine of black people getting into the middle class that we've ever had in this country, that, you know, from 1865, when the civil war ended, to 1965, we're talking about 100 years, basically, african-americans could not go to schools other than black colleges. so, 90% of black people who went to college went to historically black colleges and universities. my father and mother both went to historically black colleges and afforded me, you know, and my siblings, the life that i have and then my kids the life that they have, all coming out of historically black colleges and universities. and i think it's really important that we understand that history and understand that this was not a choic