Sharjah 24: The Department of Culture (DoC) in the Eastern Region, on Thursday, organised a dialogue session in Kalba, during which it hosted His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Former Minister of Climate Change and Environment, to talk about some of his literary works and poetry collections.
This came in the presence of Sheikh Saeed bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Deputy Head of the Ruler’s Office in Khorfakkan, and Sheikh Haitham bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Deputy Head of the Ruler’s Office in Kalba.
Mohammed Saleh Al Suwaiji, Director of the Department of Culture in the Eastern Region, said that the department concluded its cultural season for the year 2021 with the session, after a remarkable cultural, artistic and literary movement that the Eastern Region experienced during the past period.
He indicated that the session discussed the reality of local and Arab culture, and shed light on an aspect of the literary work of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, and the audience listened to many of his poems.
He added that the guest is one of the creative figures that people have known as an official and a minister who has been involved in public work for many decades, and today he still continues his contribution in terms of his cultural work.
He highlighted that the session referred to the contributions made by the UAE to promote Arab culture, and the efforts of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, in this field.