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10/9/25, 10:43 AM Sheikha Latifa attends Arab Awards Forum 2025

Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority
(Dubai Culture), attended the opening of the fifth edition of the Arab Awards Forum, hosted by the

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award (MBRKA).

Arab intellectual and scientific figures and representatives of leading regional awards were present at the
two-day forum, which aims to foster collaboration and integration among Arab awards.

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The forum commenced with a ceremony honouring government institutions that support Arab awards. They

were presented with the Arab Awards Forum Plaque bearing the signature of Khalid Al-Faisal, Honorary
President of the Forum, in recognition of their role in serving creativity and promoting excellence. The

honourees included the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in recognition of its support for
the Chinguetti Award; MBRF for hosting MBRKA; the Supreme Council for Culture in Egypt for its

adoption of pioneering awards such as the Nile Award for Arab Creators and the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for
the Arabic Novel; the Greater Amman Municipality for its sponsorship of the King Abdullah II Ibn al

Hussein Award for Creativity; and the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre for its sponsorship of the Sheikh
Zayed Book Award, which has become one of the most prominent Arab and international awards.

Sheikha Latifa underscored the importance of the Arab Awards Forum as a key platform that brings together
the region’s foremost leaders in thought, culture, and science. She said: “Dubai’s hosting of the Arab Awards

Forum reflects the emirate’s growing role as a global meeting point for culture, creativity, and knowledge —

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