His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Neyadi, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, met with members of the sixth edition of the Young Arab Media Leaders Programme, which is organized by the Center under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the Centre, at the Dubai Creative Center headquarters in the Emirates Towers..
During the session, His Excellency spoke about his experience in joining the space program by responding to the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, via the X platform (formerly Twitter) due to the country’s need for astronaut volunteers, and to prepare and train for the opportunity. Which resulted in him spending the longest Arab space mission and the first Arab astronaut to undertake a spacewalk for a period that extended for 6 months aboard the International Space Station..
His Excellency stressed that young people must be aware of the importance of benefiting from their experience and participation in the program to have a positive impact on their career path, and continue to persevere to achieve their goals and insist on them despite all the circumstances and challenges they face, and benefit from the available alternatives as enablers to achieve larger goals, with the need to realize the nature of the available opportunities and anticipate the future. In order to achieve qualitative achievements that serve their communities in all fields.
His Excellency continued that his arrival in space was one of his childhood dreams, and that preparing for the opportunity that his country provided him through the Mohammed bin Rashid Center required a lot of determination, discipline and perseverance, and the result was a medal on his chest to represent his country, the Emirates, and his greater Arab homeland..
His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Neyadi stressed the importance of young people in media work adhering to the values of fairness and integrity, taking into account the responsibilities of the profession, and paying attention to the taste of the public, while using the right tools and effective techniques, and being familiar with general culture and specializing in the field that the content creator addresses, which constitutes a strength, and he linked this to his experience in Space and said: “I was in the only Arab media space that transmitted the novel. The profession of storytelling is difficult and requires a lot of effort, but I was keen to train myself in the basic skills to convey and document this experience to my brothers and sisters in the Arab region and the world.”
Regarding the continuation of his ambition, His Excellency answered: “Despite being very busy, I still dream of learning more and studying new specializations.” At the end of the session, he also answered the youth’s inquiries and questions, and stressed the necessity of taking into account the feedback, the important program outcomes, working on them, and the recommendations of the members and the work team, so that the leadership program remains The young Arab media is constantly developing and meets the needs of promising Arab youth.
The work of the sixth edition of the Young Arab Media Leaders Program will continue until the 6th of next June, in partnership with more than 20 Arab and international media institutions, with the aim of enhancing the skills of young Arab media professionals and introducing them to the latest developments in artificial intelligence and its uses, and employing them in the production and manufacture of media content in a way that achieves Preserving the Arabic identity and language.
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