Ministry of Culture and Youth sponsors Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

Ministry of Culture and Youth sponsors Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

ABU DHABI- The Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCY) has announced that it will be sponsoring the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, organised by the Emirates Foundation for Literature in Dubai from 3rd to 13th February.

The ministry’s participation in the festival is part of its efforts to support cultural, artistic and heritage institutions in the country, in line with its strategy to enrich the literary movement to promote intellectual stimulation in society.

The ministry will focus on the creative economy and the role of art and culture in enriching the state’s sustainable growth. It will take part in a series of interactive sessions focusing on the importance of the creative economy and how the cultural and creative industries, one of the most promising sectors of growth, will impact the economy in the future. The ministry’s sessions will focus on promoting and developing the Arabic language to assert the importance of the Arabic language as central to the Emirati identity.

Mubarak Al Nakhi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Youth, said, "Our participation and sponsorship of the festival stems from the ministry’s commitment to encourage talent in various creative fields. It is our constant endeavour to promote dialogue between different cultures to