Finding the next Beyoncé in UAE: Rasha Khalifa Al Mubarak on musicians' rights and new music fees

“Finding the next Beyoncé in UAE: Rasha Khalifa Al Mubarak on musicians' rights and new music fees”

Dubai: The UAE has no trouble attracting the world's biggest music superstars. But can it produce its own Beyoncé or Taylor Swift? And can an aspiring musician in the country make enough money from their music to build a career, let alone become a global sensation? For Rasha Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairwoman of Music Nation and a human rights lawyer, these questions go hand in hand. After all, there's little point dreaming of international stardom if an emerging musician cannot afford to record…