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CairoScene
09-05-2025
- General
- CairoScene
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Hosts Workshops for Abu Dhabi Students
Held throughout April and May, the workshops begin with guided tours of the Mosque Library. May 10, 2025 The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre has been hosting a series of cultural workshops aimed at school students across Abu Dhabi, with two recent sessions welcoming 39 students to the Mosque Library. Organised in partnership with the Ministry of Education, the workshops are part of the 'Al Shabab Al Banie' youth programme, which focuses on nurturing cultural awareness and creative thinking among younger generations. Held throughout April and May, the workshops begin with guided tours of the Mosque Library, introducing students to its collection, services, and role as a cultural space. Sessions explore a range of topics including reading and language development, the historical role of maps, and forms of Islamic ornamentation and calligraphy. Students also have the chance to visit the Light & Peace Museum and the Diya – A Universe of Light immersive experience, engaging with artefacts that showcase the breadth of Islamic civilisation and its global connections. Since its opening in 2010, the Mosque Library has positioned itself as a centre for Islamic knowledge and intercultural dialogue. With support from H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the library holds nearly 3,000 rare and valuable books in 14 languages, alongside 50,000 microfilm copies of Arabic manuscripts covering Islamic sciences, arts, and history. The workshops are part of ongoing efforts to make the Mosque Library a hub for youth engagement, encouraging curiosity while preserving and promoting Islamic heritage.
Al Etihad
06-05-2025
- Al Etihad
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre delivers two lectures in Moscow
6 May 2025 22:47 MOSCOW (WAM) As part of an official visit to Moscow, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre (SZGMC) organised two lectures titled 'Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – A Place for All, Creativity in a Specialised Field' at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and Moscow State by the Director-General of SZGMC, Yousif Al Obaidli, the lectures formed part of a broader cultural visit involving meetings with senior officials from prominent Russian academic and cultural by around 100 students, including Emiratis, the sessions outlined the Centre's strategic role in conveying the mosque's civilisational message of tolerance and intercultural dialogue. Al Obaidli emphasised the mosque's unique position as a global place of worship, drawing more than six million annual visitors—81 percent of whom are international tourists—and regularly ranking among the world's top cultural noted that these achievements reflect the legacy of the UAE's Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who envisioned the mosque as a cultural bridge. Architectural features such as the lunar illumination system symbolise the Islamic calendar's connection to lunar cycles and represent a shared heritage across Obaidli presented several of the Centre's youth-focused initiatives under the Al Shabab Al Banie programme, including Ibn Al-Dar, Junior Cultural Guide, Future Guide, and youth discussions, alongside immersive visitor experiences such as Diya – A Universe of Light, the El-Delleel multimedia guide, and the Bari Al Jami' Centre also offers over 5,400 multilingual guided tours annually and has extended its programming to include night highlighted the Spaces of Light photography award, valued at Dh850,000, which has drawn more than 9,400 photographers from 70 countries. The award celebrates the role of visual art in fostering cross-cultural understanding and elevating the mosque's universal Obaidli also discussed Ramadan at the Mosque, which hosts over 1.8 million visitors annually and distributes more than 2.15 million Iftar meals, alongside lectures and traditional reviewed SZGMC's global outreach through international travel exhibitions and its participation in events such as Asia Travel Market, World Travel Market, ITB Berlin, and the China International Fair for Investment and Trade. Mosque models have been exhibited in over 20 embassies and institutions a rise in average visitor stay from one to six hours, Al Obaidli credited this to exceptional service quality. The Centre employs 515 professionals and records more than 1.17 million annual work hours to manage comprehensive infrastructure, including tunnels, elevators, lighting systems, and visitor the visit, SZGMC met with leaders from MGIMO, the Russian State Library, and the Fund for Support of Islamic Culture, Science and Education to explore cooperation in cultural dialogue and museological exchange, including through the Light & Peace delegation also visited leading institutions such as the Kremlin Museums, the State Museum of Oriental Art, and the Russian State Library to observe best practices in museum visit featured the unveiling of a Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque model, the Light & Peace mobile library, and the Spaces of Light exhibition at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. These events were held under the Jusoor Programme's Minarets of the Two Capitals initiative, which has launched over 21 mosque models globally since 2012 in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
