Under the patronage of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development will organize the UAE cultural week, in the period between the 23rd and the 27nth of October, in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. His Excellency Hakam Al Hashmi, Assisting Under Secretary for Culture, Arts and Archeology, will lead the Ministry’s delegate to supervise the UAE cultural week in Belarus. The UAE cultural week will be home to a Heritage Village with traditional old houses and bedouin tents. Here visitors can experience traditional Emirati handcrafts, food and clothes, reflecting various traditional Emirati environments. The cultural week will furthermore include heritage and folk art shows reflecting Emirati culture, short narrative movies and a fine arts exhibition displaying works by UAE artists. The story of the UAE, its past and present, will also be told through a photo exhibition . His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, stressed that the Ministry is keen to organize cultural weeks to deliver UAE values, culture, heritage and history to the world. Adding that cultural weeks would also support cultural and intellectual relationships, promote experiences exchange, and introduce UAE innovation in the fields of art, culture and heritage to the world. “UAE cultural week in Belarus will reflect a miniature picture of the cultural and artistic scene in the UAE. A pavilion through which visitors will learn more about the unique cultural heritage of the UAE, in addition to its comprehensive renaissance in various fields.”, commented Sheikh Nahyan. “Art, in its various forms, is an international language understood by everyone regardless of their languages or origins. That being so, Emirati fine art in its various forms, such as Islamic arts, Arabic calligraphy, ornamentation, and heritage and folk arts, can easily deliver our messages of forgiveness, peace and tolerance and introduce others to our culture.”, added His Excellency. Sheikh Nahyan lauded the development in the UAE-Belarus relations in various fields. Adding that the participation of a large number of UAE intellectuals and artists in the cultural week will promote standing relations between both countries and will deliver Emirati culture with its diversity and uniqueness to the people of Belarus.