Dubai is a city that puts its people first, UAE minister says at Emirates LitFest 2023

Dubai is a city that puts its people first, UAE minister says at Emirates LitFest 2023

Dubai: Dubai is a city that builds the future with advanced technology and resilience, but takes care of and keeps its people above everything else, a UAE minister said at the 15th Emirates Airline Literature Festival (Emirates LitFest) 2023 on Thursday. Minister of State for International Cooperation, Reem Al Hashimy made these remarks during a session on “Cities of the Future” with Director General of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Hala Badri, which was moderated by Emirati writer Eman Al Yousuf. The session saw a captive audience among whom was Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, chairperson of Dubai Culture and member of Dubai Council. Al Hashimy, who was hugely instrumental in Dubai winning its bid to host Expo 2020 and a driving force behind the massive success of the global exhibition even amidst a pandemic, recollected how a call from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, changed her life. She said Sheikh Mohammed had called her and asked her about what she knew about the World Expo soon after she returned home after attending the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. “He then told