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Khalaf Al Habtoor in discussion with Isobel Abulhoul, CEO and Trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation and Festival Director of the Emirates Airline
Festival, and Colonel Hareb bin Hadher
Mohammed Bin Hadher, renowned
Emirati poet, diplomat and UAE
businessman was awarded the
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Lifetime
Achievement Award at the Emirates
Airline Festival of Literature on
March 11, 2016. The award was
received by Colonel Hareb bin
Hadher, son of the late poet.
Bin Hadher left an indelible
impression on his beloved country
through the establishment, with
Mohammed Al Murr, of Al Nadwa:
The UAE Cultural and Scientific
Association. Dedicated to improving
the scientific state of the nation,
Al Nadwa has branched out into a
number of programmes benefiting
the next generation of scientists.
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, who was
a close family friend of Bin Hadher
shared an emotional tribute to his
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friend,
“
It gives me great pleasure to
honour Mohammed Bin Hadher with
this Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mohammed’s commitment and
dedication to literature during
his lifetime have greatly enriched
both heritage and culture in the
UAE. His contributions to Emirati
poetry and the country that he so
loved continues to live on through
his family and his work,” said Al
Habtoor.
