Pope Francis, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and President Biden issued statements emphasizing the need to recognize that all people are brothers and sisters and are called to live together as such to achieve peace.
ABU DHABI, 13th January, 2022 (WAM) The independent judging panel of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, which honours individuals and/or entities advancing peaceful coexistence in the world, will decide this week the honoree) of the award’s third edition.
The judging panel consists of celebrated public figures from around the world, including former heads of state, a Nobel Peace Laureate, and experts in peacebuilding and intercultural dialogue.
Due to the global spread of coronavirus, this year’s panel’s deliberations are taking place virtually.
The panel.
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DUBAI: The languages of Arabic and Hebrew have a lot more in common than you might think. They are both of Semitic origin, they share some letters of the alphabet and some Hebrew and Arabic words are the same, among other things.
Based on these similarities, The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre hosted a virtual seminar that explored the similarities between the Semitic languages of Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac, and the close ties that have brought these languages together through the ages.
Titled “The Arabic Language and its Semitic Sisters: A Story of Understanding and Human Fraternity,” the virtual seminar took place on the first-ever International Day of Human Fraternity, and was presented by Dr. Ali bin Tamim, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre and Secretary-General of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award; Dr. Jimmy Daccache, Professor of Western Semitic Languages at Yale University; Dr. Brigitte Caland, Professor of Hebrew Studies at the American University of Beirut; a
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A member of the UAE royal family has called on the world to work as one to eradicate religious extremism, saying we ought to “vie with one another in virtue”.
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Tolerance and Co-existence, made the plea when opening a five-day forum that began on the world’s first International Day for Human Fraternity.
Together, we will take up the banner of peace and preservation of human progress in our local and global communities
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak
”I call on all of you today to work together to promote the inclusion of all regions of the world in the progress of humanity,” he said to an audience of almost 2,000 international officials, experts and academics, who attended the forum virtually.