As part of the UAE Tolerance National Festival, the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) organized on Tuesday 13 November 2018 a symposium titled ‘Zayed’s Approach to Coexistence and Tolerance’. The event was attended by H.E. Dr. Salem bin Rakkad Al Ameri, Former Member of the Federal National Council, H.E. Dr. Ali Saba'a Al Marri, CEO of Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government, and Dr. Faisal Al-Ayyan, Vice-President of the Rabdan Academy.

The seminar discussed three main topics: enhancing the role of coherent family in building a tolerant society, promoting tolerance among youth and preventing them from extremism and intolerance, and the culture of tolerance and peaceful co-existence and its relationship to raising the level of happiness and positivity in the society.

Dr. Ali Al-Marri said that tolerance is important for future states and governments. Amid the increasing unrest and conflicts in the world, one of the main future demands of nations will be national security. H.E. Dr. Al Ameri presented several examples of tolerance in the life of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and how the concept of tolerance is still established through initiatives launched these days across the UAE.