3 January, 2009 – The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation today announced it has successfully concluded its pan-Arab roadshow in 14 Arab countries to promote two of its flagship education programmes aimed at offering scholarship opportunities for Master’s studies... More

 7 January, 2009 – The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation today announced the names of the advisory committee for the First Dubai International Poetry Festival which will be held next March... More

25 January, 2009 – The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation announced that more than 100 poets from 45 countries are expected to participate in the first edition of the Dubai International Poetry Festival 2009... More

02 February, 2009 - The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation signed an MoU with the prominent academic and author Dr. Salma Al Jayyousi to publish an encyclopaedic book on the “Arab and Islamic Civilization in Sicily.” The book, which will be written in English, is a comprehensive academic research exploring the history of Sicily from the 8th to 13th centuries... More

10 February, 2009 - The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation announced it will formally launch the ‘Dubai House of Poetry’ in the Al Shindagha area, in parallel to the kick off of the Dubai International Poetry Festival. The ‘Dubai House of Poetry’ will be the most important centre for poetic activities… More

14 February, 2009 - The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation announced the Dubai International Poetry Festival will hold a tribute evening to posthumously honour one of the Arab world’s greatest poets, the late Mahmoud Darwish, whose work gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and struggle... More