UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid Knowledge Foundation Empowers Young Generation of Writers as Part of its Leading Project

    DUBAI, UAE, August 14, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched several writing workshops as part of its Dubai International Program for Writing, one of its prominent knowledge projects.

The Program was launched by MBRF in 2013 as a comprehensive framework for wide range knowledge projects and initiatives that aim to enrich the knowledge life in the UAE and beyond. Since its launch, the program provided full training to over 300 young participants in various writing arts, and included many workshops in the UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. Adding to the program's accomplishments is a number of books that received prestigious awards.

Themed 'UAE Tomorrow', 'Dubai Future', 'Scientific Translation', and 'Travel Writings', the workshops are aimed at encouraging and empowering young talents, who possess the skill of writing in various fields of knowledge, by enrolling them in specialised training programs that are supervised by the best Arab and international trainers. These workshops are the latest initiatives under the Dubai International Program for Writing, which aims to enrich the intellectual and literary movement locally, regionally, and internationally, by training young and creative talents in writing.

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, CEO of MBRF, said: "The Dubai International Program for Writing has made notable contributions over the past ten years to the intellectual and literary movement in the region by cultivating young and talented writers on the basis of sound linguistic, literary, and scientific foundations and under the guidance of accomplished Arab and international experiences. The training workshops are in line with MBRF's commitment to offer an optimal environment that fosters intellectual and knowledge excellence, by consolidating the role of the Arabic Language. This is being done as per the directives of H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to empower the role of the Arabic language as the future language of science and innovation."

Salem Al Owais, Head of the Dubai International Program for Writing, said: "The Dubai International Program for Writing is of great importance among MBRF's initiatives and projects. It is designed to enhance the knowledge of creative and ambitious young talents, develop the skills of its affiliates, motivate them and provide them with the tools that they need to move forward in the path of excellence. It prepares them to follow the footprints of former trainees who have accomplished great achievements and have won prestigious awards. We are confident that the Dubai International Program for Writing will contribute to grooming and empowering a new cohort of thought leaders and influencers in various fields of knowledge."

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