Dr. Mira Al-Hussein, I hope this email finds you well. My name is Damilola Banjo. I am a reporter with Passblue, a news website that covers the United Nations, and its sister agencies. You were highly recommended to PassBlue by Anna Jacobs, the senior Gulf Analyst at Crisis Group. I am writing to request that you feature as our interviewee for this month’s episode of UN-Scripted, a podcast that interviews the incoming president of the Security Council. We would be happy to give our audience an understanding of UAE’s foreign policy in the Middle East and beyond, as well as the country’s plan during its presidency at the Security Council for the month. We would like to touch on specific issues around fighting in Sudan, the financial impasse in Afghanistan, the UAE’s influence on the Israel-Palestine hold-up, and the success or not of the UAE’s zero-problem policy. Please, do let me know if you are able to do this. We have a very tight deadline. Regards, Banjo, Damilola