Media is a message, authority and strength for the good people if we do well to direct them

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, stressed that the media is a basic pillar in building civilized societies, with its inherent role in keeping pace with the developments and surrounding changes and conveying a clear picture of it, spreading awareness among people regarding them, and enabling them to be familiar with 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 media work symbols, media leaders, senior writers, and officials of local, regional and international media institutions.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said, in a post on the X platform, yesterday: “The media is a message, authority and strength for the good of peoples if we do well directed .. It is an industry for community awareness .. and a major partner in development .. and our message to all .. Good media builds minds .. and bad media burns the gains .. We always have the choice to choose the interest of our homelands.”

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 awareness and stimulates creativity and rises with energies .. And 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 adhere to the sincere word, the accurate information and the objective message, A source of inspiration for minds to create, develop and adopt a future that carries good for people. ”

His Highness was also keen to attract the parties to the conversation with the attendees, as His Highness praised the contributions of the Emirati media, which has been for more than five decades to keep pace with the development process, through which the state reached the highest ranks of progress in various sectors, where the media was present, analyzing, and conveying to the world the details of the development of the development of the UAE people continuing to add new chapters for it with honorable achievements within various fields, deserved to respect the world.

His Highness called on those in charge of the Emirati media to work to develop 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 who are able not only to take place in the global development in the field, but also to provide a leading and competitive media model with international standards, and in a way 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 just a city embracing 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 the conscious and responsible media is one of the most important elements of the renaissance of any society.”

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 and Chairman of the Dubai Airports Foundation, Supreme President of the CEO of Emirates Airlines and the group, and His Highness Sheikh Maktoum, President of Dubai Media Corporation, Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamid, Head 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 witnessed by the media work in the light of the surrounding changes, whether at the professional level or at the level of industry mechanisms and the enormous development that has entered into the light of new technologies, the most important of which are artificial intelligence, the chances that the advanced technology has opened, and the challenges it brought that requires the preparation of media cadres capable of dealing efficiently with opportunities and challenges accompanying the rapid technological development in order to ensure accuracy And credibility.

On this occasion, the Vice President and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council, Director General of the Media Office of the Dubai Government, Mona Ghanem Al -Murri, 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 permanent interest in listening to the opinions and ideas On an extremely important industry, people are aware 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 with all its components of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which reflects his high appreciation for the role of the media, and his keenness to enable him to perform his message in the best possible way, praising the opportunities and capabilities that Dubai provides, which enhances the ability of the media to distinguish, especially with the provision of high technical infrastructure, and the high technical infrastructure, The typical environment is the prosperity and development of the new digital media.

Mohammed bin Rashid:

• Good media builds minds .. and bad media burns the gains .. We always have the choice to choose the interest of our homelands.

• Dubai has never been just a city embracing the media, but rather a platform for creativity and destination for creators.

• The media committed to the sincere word, the exact information and the objective message, is a source of inspiration for minds to create, develop and adopt a future that carries good for people.