Below are all of the latest news articles relating to
the Al Maktoum Foundation. Click on a news headline to read the full
article:
| FROM DUBAI TO DUNDEE FOR YOUTH FESTIVAL
21st April 2005
A party of six young teenagers from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are making their first trip to Scotland to take part in Dundee’s Youth Festival...
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| ROLE OF WOMEN IN SCOTS PARLIAMENT RECOGNISED IN DUBAI
22nd March 2005
The high percentage of women MSPs in the Scottish Parliament has been hailed as a model for legislative institutions at an International Conference. Scotland was one of only two European countries to provide...
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| SCOTS STUDENTS HEAD FOR WORLD CONFERENCE IN DUBAI
15th March 2005
A delegation of Scottish students led by Wendy Alexander MSP set off for Dubai this weekend to take part in a unique conference event where all the participants...
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| AL-MAKTOUM INSTITUTE MOURNS DEATH OF UAE PRESIDENT
3rd November 2004
The staff and students of the Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Dundee are mourning the death of His Highness Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates. He was 86. The flag of the UAE is being flown at half mast outside the Institute in Blackness Road as a mark of respect...
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| HAMDAN BIN RASHID AL-MAKTOUM AWARDS FOR MULTICULTURAL SCOTLAND
24th May 2004
A new awards scheme has been launched to recognise the contribution made by individuals and organisations to the promotion of a multicultural Scotland...
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| PICTURE OF UNITY
16th April 2004
Two specially commissioned paintings will be unveiled this week to celebrate the signing of a “sister city” agreement linking Dundee with Dubai...
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| DUNDEE SIGNS 'SISTER CITY' AGREEMENT WITH DUBAI
7th April 2004
Dundee signed a “Sister City” agreement with the Gulf state of Dubai yesterday. This aims to promote economic links between the city and the second largest member of the United Arab Emirates...
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| DUNDEE DELEGATION HEADS FOR DUBAI
15th December 2003
A Scottish delegation organised and led by Dundee’s Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies left for Dubai yesterday (Sunday) for a series of top-level meetings over the next few days...
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| SUMMER SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS FROM ZAYED UNIVERSITY, 21 JUNE TO 10 JULY 2003
3rd October 2003
For three weeks the Institute hosted the first annual summer school for students from Zayed University...
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| FIRST QURANIC RECITATION IN THE HISTORY OF KIRKING CEREMONY
9th May 2003
On Tuesday, 6 May 2003, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies once again became part of an historic occasion in Scotland. During the Kirking of the Parliament at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, a student from...
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