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The state-run WAM news agency described the vote at Al-Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi as unanimous among the rulers of the country’s hereditarily ruled sheikhdoms, which includes the skyscraper-studded city of Dubai.

From Washington Times • May 14, 2022

The $23 billion sale also included armed drones and other defense equipment sought by the Emirates, a hereditarily ruled federation of seven sheikhdoms also home to Dubai.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

The "experiment," as Qatari officials have described the vote, comes as the 2022 World Cup casts a global spotlight on the hereditarily ruled nation and generates pressure for reform.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2021

Some topics remain taboo in this hereditarily ruled country of seven sheikhdoms, where speech is strictly governed.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2021

It combined the Greek prefix eu—“good”—with genesis: “good in stock, hereditarily endowed with noble qualities.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee