Second Uae-france Forum begins at UAEU
AL AIN: Zaki Nusseibeh, Cultural Advisor to President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), affirmed that the long-term and unique relationship between the UAE and the French Republic, occurs at a time when the UAE’S positive strategic relations with its regional neighbours and the wider international community are more important than ever before.
In his speech during the 2nd Uae-france Forum, organised virtually by UAEU, in the presence of Xavier Chatel, France’s Ambassador to the UAE; Professor Dr. Eric Canal Forgues Alter, Dean of Academic Affairs at Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA); Dr. Maxime Jaffre, Department of Government and Security; Professor Dr. Silvia Serrano, Director of Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi; Maral Jule Bedoyan, Education and Learning Resources Manager; Faten Naeem Rochdy, Resources Centre Unit Head, and Valery Freland, Executive Director of ALIPH (International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas).
The forum has also witnessed the participation of Dr. Ali Ahmed Alghafli, Vice Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at UAEU, and Hassan Al Naboodah, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at UAEU, along with many academic staff members, faculty, researchers, and university students.
“Universities serve to foster intellectual and cultural growth. They do this by bringing together the finest minds and students to interact and thereby to produce knowledge, invention, and creative work. In doing so they both demonstrate and uphold the value to society of institutions that can combine diversity and difference in a harmonious community. They are sites and places where one issue or artefact can be examined from a multiplicity of perspectives,” he said.
He stated, “It is only recently that I joined the UAEU as its Chancellor. My appointment has touched me deeply given the purpose, value, function, and reach of universities I have just outlined.