Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Abdul Karim Al Rais is the Director General of the National Archives of the United Arab Emirates (National Center for Documentation and Research). He is a faculty member at the United Arab Emirates University, a member of the Board of Directors of the Missions Coordination Office of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, and a member of the Scientific Research Evaluation Committee at New York University Abu Dhabi. He is also the First Vice President of the International Committee of the World Youth Games based in Moscow, a member of the Planning and Follow-up Committee at the UAE National Olympic Committee, Vice Chairman of the Sports Committee at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, and Vice Chairman of the Zayed International Marathon Committee. He held a number of previous positions, including Vice President of the International Council on Archives based in Paris, Chairman of the Sports Archives Committee of the International Council on Archives, Chairman of the Arab Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, Vice President of the Arab Information Club, Director of the Department of Community Affairs and Cultural Relations at Zayed University, Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English Language and Literature at the United Arab Emirates University, Teaching Assistant in the Department of English Language and Literature at the United Arab Emirates University, Teacher and then Director of the Omar Al Mukhtar School in Dubai, Deputy Director of the Al Maktoum School in Dubai, and Supervisor at the Religious Institute School in Dubai. He also held many positions related to sports, including Vice President of the Organizing Committee of the Abu Dhabi International Women's Volleyball Championship, General Coordinator of the Torch of the 10th Asian Games held in Qatar, Director of the Sports Delegation of the UAE Mission to the Olympic Games in Athens, Vice President of the UAE School Sports Federation, Member of the Marketing and Financial Resources Committee of the General Authority for Youth and Sports Welfare, Assistant Secretary-General and Acting Secretary-General of the UAE National Olympic Committee, Member of the Games Committee of the Asian Olympic Council, Member of the Sports Medicine Committee of the National Olympic Committee, Member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Bowling Federation, Member of the Board of Directors of the GCC Bowling Organizing Committee, Chairman of the Technical Committee of the GCC Bowling Organizing Committee, Member of the Technical Committee for Bowling at the Asian Games in South Korea, Member of the Financial Resources and Marketing Committee at Al Ahli Club in Dubai, Founder of Bowling in the country and Secretary-General, then Vice President of the UAE Bowling Federation, Player of Football, Handball, Athletics and Bowling at Al Ahli Club, Player of the UAE Athletics Team (200m and Jump Tall), a player in the UAE national bowling team and winner of many titles and medals. He holds a PhD and Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States of America, an Executive Master’s degree in Management from the Higher Colleges of Technology in collaboration with Harvard University, MIT and Stanford University in 2007, and a Bachelor’s degree in English from the United Arab Emirates University.