Media is a message, authority, power for the good people and a partner in development

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God preserve him, stressed that the media is a basic pillar in building civilized societies, with its inherent role in keeping pace with the surrounding developments and changes and conveying a clear picture of them and spreading awareness among people about them and enabling them to know their dimensions, which contributes to confirming the ability of societies to deal positively with the surrounding factors that affect their present And its future.

This came during the presence of His Highness, and next to him, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the second deputy governor of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, the annual Ramadan media meeting organized by the media office of the Dubai government, with the participation of a group of symbols of media work, media leaders and senior writers and officials of local, regional and international media institutions.

During the meeting, His Highness praised the role of the media, which is not limited to being a means of transmitting information and news, as His Highness said: “The media makes consciousness and stimulates creativity and rises with energies .. In a world full of variables, the honest and responsible media remains a corner stone in building societies and consolidating the elements of their stability and its prosperity factors .. We believe that every media means adheres to the sincere word, the accurate information and the objective message is a source of inspiration For minds to create, develop and adopt a future that carries good for people.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was also keen to attract the parties to the conversation with the attendees, as His Highness praised the contributions of the Emirati media, who has been for more than five decades in line with the development process through which the state reached the finest levels The world and its appreciation.


His Highness called on those in charge of the Emirati media to work on developing the capabilities of their institutions, whether in terms of technical equipment or at the level of human competencies, as well as organizational frameworks, and to pay attention to preparing new generations of Emirati media cadres capable not only to keep pace with global development in the field, but also to provide a leading and competitive media model with global standards, and that amounts to the advanced position reached by the state as a unique global model for comprehensive development And sustainable.

His Highness added: “Dubai has never been a city that embraces the media, but rather a platform for creativity and destination for creators .. And we are continuing to provide everything necessary for Dubai to remain the first destination for media professionals and creators in this field, because we believe that conscious and responsible media is one of the most important elements of the renaissance of any society.”

His Highness said in a post on an account on the X platform: “During the Ramadan annual meeting with a group of media people … the media is a message, authority and strength for the good of peoples if we do well directed it … which is an industry for community awareness … and a major partner in development ..

His Highness added: “Our message to everyone … a good media builds minds … and bad media burns the gains … We always have the choice to choose the interest of our homelands.”

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has attracted the parties to the conversation with the Arab and international media leaders, and a group of the most prominent writers and thinkers, influencers and content makers, who participated in the media gathering, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, President of Dubai Airports Foundation, Supreme President of the CEO of Emirates Airlines and the group, and His Highness Sheikh Maktoum, President of the Dubai Media Corporation, Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamid, President of the National Media Office, and Sheikh Walid bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, Chairman of the MBC Group and Al Arabiya.

The conversation touched on the developments taking place in the media work in the light of the surrounding variables, whether at the professional level or at the level of industry mechanisms and the entered into it in light of the new technologies, the most important of which are artificial intelligence and the chances of advanced technology and the challenges that it brought to prepare media cadres capable of dealing efficiently with each of the opportunities and challenges accompanying the rapid technological development in order to ensure accuracy And credibility.

Informing the media community
On this occasion, Mona Ghanem Al -Murri, Vice President and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council, Director General of the Media Office of the Dubai Government, explained that the meeting comes within the framework of the keenness of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to communicate on various occasions with the media community, whether local or global, in appreciation of his Highness to their mission and their influential role in societies, with His Highness’s constant interest in listening to the opinions and ideas of those in charge of the industry. It is extremely important to constitute people’s awareness of the issues and topics surrounding them.

For their part, the media expressed their appreciation for the great support and the constant interest that the media sector finds in all its components from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which reflects his appreciation for the media’s role and his keenness to enable him to carry out his message in the best possible way, praising the opportunities and capabilities that Dubai provides for the ability Typical for the prosperity and development of the new digital media.