Kalima Reading Club, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, recently organized a cultural session on tolerance and culture, presented by Emirati novelist Ali Abu Al Rish at the Ministry's headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

The session came in conjunction with the activities of the World Translation Day, organized by the Kalima Translation Project, and the launch of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection initiative «tolerance culture», and followed the symposium with the signing of the UAE novelist Ali Abu Alrish book "Zayed moral character."

Abu Al Rish tackled the issue of tolerance, its values ​​in the UAE, and the culture of accepting the other.He pointed out that the UAE is a role model in this context, highlighting the UAE's efforts and initiatives in establishing a culture of tolerance among the hundreds of nationalities in the UAE. Abu Al Rish said that 2019 is a year of tolerance, the culmination of the vision of the late founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, who laid the foundation stone of tolerance in this land, and instilled it in the hearts of Emiratis and all who lived on the land of the UAE. To become a firm concept in everyday life at all levels and fields. During his session, Abu Al Reish presented several examples and events that demonstrated the depth of tolerance on the UAE's soil.His approach was multi-level in this context, and the interventions of the attendees and the exchange of ideas and opinions with the Emirati novelist further enriched and interacted with the session. On the sidelines of the symposium, a mini book exhibition was organized by Kalima Translation Project at the Ministry's headquarters, offering discounts on its publications amounting to 80%.

It is noteworthy that the novelist and writer of the UAE Ali Abu Alrish 19 novels and two plays, including his novel «recognition», which the General Union of Arab writers and writers of the most important 100 novels in the twentieth century. His novels include the sword and flower, the ashes of blood, the window of insanity, the hill of idol, the slim, the bin Mujbil bin Shahwan, the dual spirit, the ink and the statue, and the decoration of the queen.

The author of the novel «Confession», which was considered one of the top 100 novels of the twentieth century.