ABU DHABI, 19th September, 2021 (WAM) — Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence will open on Monday ”Ishraqat Festival”.The 3-day International Festival Eshraqat will be organised in cooperation between the Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence and the Ministry of Education under the slogan Tolerance is Knowledge. The event consists of more than 40 cognitive, educational and diverse events and activities, and a large number of international academics and experts will participate therein ”virtually” over a period of three days.The festival targets students, parents, teachers and university professors from five continents, about 10,000 students from schools and universities in the UAE and a number of countries in the world, 70 public and private universities (local and international), 800 public and private schools in the UAE, and 100 international schools.The event will starts with an opening keynote by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak. Hussain Ibrahim Al-Hammadi, Minister of Education, presents a speech that highlights the experience of celebrating tolerance in the UAE’s schools, then Dr. Ruby Bakshi Khurdi speaks from Switzerland about learning human values through emotional intelligence.The event will also include a number of sessions.