The "High Abu Dhabi" festival, held in cooperation with the Ministry of Tolerance, concluded its first session, which lasted for four days and nights, during which dialogues and celebrations were attended by more than 80 participants, including writers, journalists, scientific cadres, historians, artists, and reading enthusiasts from around the world. All festival sessions and events are documented so that anyone around the world can view or listen to them online, through the "High Player" service.
The festival attracted thousands of attendees from different nationalities, as more than 3,900 students from 81 schools in the UAE attended the program for schools. The festival’s library, “Al-Magroudi”, recorded great sales, most of which was the book “Gokhtat Al-Harthy”, “Celestial Bodies for Adults”, and Anjali’s Book Raouf, “The Boy at the Back of the Class,” said Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance: “The festival (Hi Abu Dhabi) was a matter of pride for all of us. I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to all the participants and organizers. And support, and also to the public, whose presence was the most visible sign of success, ”stressing that“ this is Abu Dhabi ” He focused heavily in all his activities on culture, literature and arts, as well as tolerance and human brotherhood, and played a very sophisticated symphony that includes dialogue, sympathy, communication and acquaintance between different cultures, and also provided a bright image of Arab civilization for society and the world, and was an important platform for listening to Arab and international thinkers, and for displaying intellectual production The global technician, regardless of the nationality of the thinker or artist, respects all ideas. ”
"The festival was a rich experience filled with stimulating ideas and visions, and we were really pleased to host a group of the brightest minds, such as Adonis and Sherine Abadi, along with emerging international stars," said festival director Peter Florence.
Christina Fuentes La Roche, the international director of the festival, said: “We are pleased with the success of the first session of the festival, especially the program for children and young adults, as we have witnessed a great turnout as thousands of people from all the Emirates came to see the world from a different angle.”