Sunday, May 4, 2008

Watani.tv portal brings UAE heritage Online

AL AIN - The National Treasures Campaign has embarked on a road show to cover universities across the UAE in its latest effort to make students familiar with the Watani.tv portal and encourage them to join the campaign for documenting the UAE heritage.

The campaign to create an electronic reservoir of UAE culture and traditions online was introduced to the students at the UAE University (UAEU) in Al Ain on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by students of UAEU, faculty and officials.

During the ceremony, UAEU Secretary-General Dr. Fatma Al Shamsi reiterated that in line with the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's declaration of the year 2008 as the National Identity Year, preserving national heritage and traditions is the responsibility of everyone.

She stressed that mere words cannot preserve the national identity.


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