Where the information conform with the memory of the place

The National Archives organizes reading workshops for students in Al Muwaiji Palace

In the course of the UAE’s National Archives’ project “A Nation that Reads”, it organized reading workshops for students in Al Muwaiji Palace in Al Ain to encourage, motivate students to read and to educate them and reinforce the concept of reading. The National Archives derived the workshops subjects from excerpts from its issued book (Khalifa a Journey into the Future) so that the information is consistent with the memory of the place, Al Muwaiji Palace, where H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE President, was born.

The National Archives organized the workshops for students in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority and Abu Dhabi Education Council – Al Ain Education Zone. The workshops were based on excerpts from the book (Khalifa a Journey into the Future); including His Highness’s birth, upbringing, education, and development, enablement and construction efforts. The workshops affirmed that no more eloquent testimony to the greatness of this leader than the limitless praise and absolute loyalty to the UAE President whose people concurred and expressed as one: “We are all Khalifa”.

The workshops offered the students an opportunity to express to the UAE President their gratitude, faithfulness, and loyalty, where they expressed their appreciation to the wise leadership the UAE enjoyed and witnessed under his reign.

The National Archives’ through its project “A Nation that Reads” aims at fostering the role of reading in shaping the students' character and the nation’s future and in enabling new generations to interact with their society and to assess current problems and issues, in addition to reinforcing the concepts of knowledge gaining and society development.

Al Muwaiji Palace in Al Ain where the event is hosted, is a remarkable national landmark and a great evidence of the UAE history. The palace presents its visitors with stories of glory and wisdom. It has historical, architectural, heritage, cultural and social values in the hearts and minds of the UAE’s people.