MBRF starts ’Writer Exchange’ between U.A.E. and Japan

DUBAI (WAM): Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan Arts and Culture Foundation to activate the first partnership under the Writer Exchange category of MBRF’s Dubai International Program for Writing. The program is aimed at empowering young authors and providing them a suitable environment to develop their talent. The agreement was signed in the Japanese capital Tokyo in the presence of Ali Saeed Al Nowais, U.A.E. Ambassador to Japan, Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of MBRF, Yasunobu Terada, Chairman, Japan Arts and Culture Foundation, and Shintaro Ishihara, Supreme Advisor, Japan Arts and Culture Foundation. Under the Writer Exchange category, MBRF will tie up with literary and knowledge entities world-wide to enable writers from the U.A.E. and other countries to gain deeper understanding about each other’s cultures and express their experiences through their works. As part of the exchange program with Japan Arts and Culture Foundation, writers from the U.A.E. and Japan will stay for a while in each other’s countries, where they will get opportunities to exchange ideas based on their respective cultures, and introduce their works. Writers will be chosen separately by a committee from their own country. The cooperation will lead to the publication books in Arabic and Japanese, which will emphasise the concepts of mutual learning, mutual cooperation and oneness of humanity. "This agreement is further confirmation of MBRF`s commitment to implement the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to strengthen the process of knowledge transfer and empower young Arab talents to develop their skills in order to enhance the contribution of Arab literature and creativity to the literary world," said Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of MBRF. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395270393076.html