UAE Just Announced That 2019 will be the Year of Tolerance
H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE, just announced that the year 2019 will be the year of Tolerance. As the year 2017 was the year of giving and 2018 was the year of Zayed, the UAE has been setting a keen eye to tolerance, in all its forms, thus dedicating it to the year 2019.
بإعلان خليفة 2019 عاما للتسامح.. نستذكر إرثا إنسانيا عظيما أرساه زايد أساسه التسامح.. ليصبح نهجا لمجتمع الإمارات المتعدد الهويات والثقافات .. ما أحوج العالم اليوم الى تعزيز القيم الإنسانية الجامعة التي تمكن المجتمعات من العمل لما يخدم مصالحها وينهض بأوطانها ويؤمن مستقبل أجيالها.
— محمد بن زايد (@MohamedBinZayed) December 15, 2018
According to What’s On Dubai, the news was declared by H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE. The leader said the year would highlight the UAE as a global capital for tolerance, instilling the values of co-existence and peace in local, regional and international communities.