Dubai (WAM)
The Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence at Expo 2020 Dubai organized an evening of “Poets of Tolerance”, which dealt with tolerance and human values through the creations of Arab women poets from various Arab countries, as part of the international activities of the National Festival for Tolerance. The evening, which was attended by a group of Arab and Emirati thinkers, intellectuals and poets, focused on the role of the word in promoting human values, with tolerance, coexistence and human sympathy at the heart. Omar Qassas, and the Ministry also launched the Little Knight program for school students with the aim of instilling the values of tolerance, coexistence and acceptance of the other in the hearts of all.
Afra Al-Sabri, Director-General of the Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence, expressed her pride in the participation of this Arab constellation of creators and poets in the activities of the National Festival for Tolerance and Coexistence, considering that their presence at Expo 2020 Dubai as part of the tolerance activities is a real addition to the festival, because they highlight the importance of literary and artistic creativity in promoting a culture tolerance
The evening was moderated by Emirati poet Al Hanouf Muhammad, member of the Emirates Writers Union and member of the Union of Arab Writers and Writers, who emphasized at the beginning of her speech the lofty message of literary creativity and poetry at the heart of it.
It is noteworthy that the National Festival for Tolerance focused on children and students of public and private schools, by presenting the Little Knight program at Expo 2020 Dubai, and was attended by a large number of school students, teachers and parents. The program focused on the story, image, video and cartoon games, to introduce young people to the concept of tolerance.
The teachers and parents who attended part of the program with their children praised the keenness of the Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence to reach the new generations with the message of tolerance in an elegant and simple manner, stressing the importance that the activities of this program continue throughout the world, because of its paramount importance in positively affecting the behavior of children in society. Emirati, which is characterized by intellectual, cultural and religious diversity.
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