He added two categories to the "Mohammed bin Rashid Tolerance Award"
"International Tolerance" launches 8 new initiatives
Al-Shaibani during the press conference to announce the launch of two new categories of the Tolerance Award.
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The International Institute for Tolerance, affiliated to the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation in Dubai, announced the launch of eight new initiatives, within a series of events and programs included in its strategic plan to support the values and principles of tolerance, and revealed the addition of two categories to the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Tolerance Award. And honoring a number of legal figures and international symbols that support tolerance to build bridges of peace and love between peoples of all sects and religions.
In detail, the Managing Director of the International Institute for Tolerance, Dr. Hamad bin Sheikh Al-Shaibani, revealed during a press conference, yesterday, the launch of two new categories for the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Tolerance Award, namely “Youth Projects” and “New Media”, with the aim of supporting innovative youth projects. And professional media production, and direct communication with the best experiences to enable Arab youth to spread their creativity, which embody the values of tolerance and achieve the largest number of views on social media.
And he considered that targeting the school community is something that bears the characteristic of "necessity", considering students as keys to enhancing the values of tolerance and converting its theoretical concepts into practical practices on the ground, and making them an established behavior for young people from childhood to grow up with it.
For his part, the Secretary General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Tolerance, Major General Ahmed Khalfan Al Mansouri, said that the award confirms the leadership of the UAE in consolidating the values of tolerance and brotherhood among peoples, indicating that what distinguishes the prize most is that it wears an international dress and not a local one, as it bore upon it. Since its launch, it has spread the tolerant thought among people, honoring the symbols that take noble human values as the focus of their interest and thinking.
He stressed that the award has become a platform for spreading the culture of tolerance, stimulating specific initiatives and distinctive experiences, and working to shed light on the generous models in their sites, and on the inspiring stories of others, explaining that it sheds light on efforts aimed at supporting and promoting the values of tolerance, understanding and dialogue between cultures and peoples. Entrenched in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, considering the addition of two new categories to the award categories as a way to extend more bridges of communication between peoples using various means, to join hands in order to spread the values of tolerance and coexistence, considering the tolerant countries as the most capable of giving, production and development.
The new initiatives launched by the institute are based on a number of various programs, activities and events, including the annual tolerance agenda, the “tolerance in world languages” initiative, the “together we are better” initiative, the “tolerance in painting” initiative, and the “school tolerance day”, The Medal of Tolerance, "Tolerance in a Picture" and the "Youth and Media Projects" initiative, targeting all groups and segments of society, and varying between culture, sports, artistic works, youth projects and new media, honoring the symbols and leaders of tolerance, in addition to a program of events to celebrate the holidays and events of the communities The resident, as an indication of respect for their beliefs and rituals, and giving them full space to practice them.
The sectors targeted in the initiatives are in line with the state's orientations aimed at consolidating tolerance as a fundamental cultural value in the comprehensive development process, and it is also a value that contributes to creating coexistence based on respect and appreciation, acceptance and respect of difference, as it is a source of distinction and strength for all human societies.
Artistic paintings on tolerance
The initiative "Tolerance in a Painting" aims to involve community members with drawings and paintings that express tolerance, while the content of the Tolerance Platform will be broadcast in the world's digital languages via display screens on the Tolerance Bridge in Dubai, and messages of tolerance and love are displayed in all world languages, which embody the manifestations of tolerance. In the Emirate of Dubai in its most beautiful pictures.
While the "Together We Are Better" initiative seeks to promote and spread the concepts and principles of tolerance and acceptance of the other, which is a yoga session that will be held on the bridge of tolerance, with the participation of 60 men and women, citizens and residents of different nationalities and religions, who come together to practice various exercises that connect the mind and body together, to strengthen For a culture of teamwork based on respect and sharing.
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