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Mohammad Bin Rashid to open National Identity conference
The UAE National Identity conference will be officially opened on Tuesday, April 15, by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, during a ceremony at the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi: The UAE National Identity conference will be officially opened on Tuesday, April 15, by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, during a ceremony at the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi.
The conference is held in response to President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan's call to make 2008 the UAE national identity year.
Abdul Rahman Al Owais, Minister of Culture, said the two-day forum will be discussing 25 papers on security, educational and religious challenges the UAE is facing.
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