Emirates Literature Foundation and UAE University sign a MoU to establish a knowledge partnership

Emirates Literature Foundation and UAE University sign a MoU to establish a knowledge partnership

Dubai, UAE: The Emirates Literature Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates University (UAE University) agreeing to cooperate in the exchange of data and information in the fields of literature and education. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Ahlam Bolooki, Director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, founder of the Kateb Maktub movement, and leader of the UAE Wikimedia User Group, and Prof. Ahmed Ali Murad, Associate Vice-Deputy for Scientific Research at UAE University.

The agreement will be fulfilled by the delivery of projects by both parties. Emirates Literature Foundation will facilitate the incorporation of Wikipedia in the education curriculum of the university. Wikimedians of the UAE User Group, a part of Emirates Literature Foundation, will work closely with student affairs to establish extracurricular Wiki Clubs, organise opportunities for students to engage in discussion about the Wikipedia policies of free and accessible information and arrange training for faculty and students hence creating a community of Wikipedia editors on campus. UAE University will provide research support for the Foundation’s Reading for Pleasure project. And they will match interested students with the Foundation for internship opportunities that contribute to the Foundation’s organizational objectives and fortifies