229 Million Views for Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundations Twitter Youth Circles
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) arranged a young people networking seminar on Twitter entitled How to Make Arabic the Language of Science and Knowledge? that signed up an incredible 229 million sights worldwide.
The event was the first of its kind to be held on the micro-blogging website, and counted prominent and influential UAE numbers amongst the individuals, including Her Excellency Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs; and MBRF's Chief Executive Officer H.E. Jamal bin Huwaireb; together with representatives from the Ministry of Education, in addition to Dubai Media Inc., Abu Dhabi Media Inc., CNN Arabic TV, Al Arabiya Information Network, Al Oula Radio, Al Bayan and Al Roeya papers, and Forsan_UAE, besides various other representatives of government, private and media institutions.
" This is the first time that a youth seminar has been hung on social networks," kept in mind H.E. Al Mazrui. "We are pleased with the enormous interaction from the local community and the larger Arab audiences, who gathered to respond to inquiries increased during the episode. This demonstrates the vital function of social networks when it involves engaging with the young people.
The topic of the episode comes at a critical juncture - each time when the need to abide by our Arabic language is important if we genuinely desire to establish it to match modern creations and studies." Meanwhile, H.E. Jamal bin Huwaireb stated: "We are happy for the exceptional engagement that our Young people Circle has witnessed. This is a wonderful possibility for us to promote our beloved Arabic language and to much better assistance intellectual and social activities, in addition to scientific and scholastic content.
A number of fresh initiatives were launched throughout the session, looking for to sustain the Arabic language, adapt it to technology and innovation and encourage young people to establish and utilize it throughout the board. MBRF announced that it will be releasing the Arab Youth Knowledge Council, which looks for to sustain knowledge production and dissemination in the Arab world, while the Ministry of Education introduced the social media-centred 'Tweeting in Arabic' campaign to motivate pupils to make use of the Arabic language throughout social media channels.
