Ein City in Abu Dhabi hosts activities of the second Friendship International Festival for Falconers. The festival will be hosted from December 11 to 17. It will be organized by Abu Dhabi Institute for Culture and Heritage in cooperation with Emirates Falconers Club and British Council for Falconers. This international event is organized after 35 years of the Friendship International Conference for Falconers. His highness, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ruler of Abu Dhabi and first president of the UAE, had first called for this festival, supported it and inaugurated it in the beginning. The festival was held during December 10 to 18 in 1976, aiming to protect hawks and holding a spotlight on them. In its upcoming festival, it is celebrating UNESCO's dependence on Saqara within the list of non-materialistic cultural heritage for humankind. The festival sheds awareness on regional and international concern, where the leading participants include 172 Falconries from 60 countries, 93 spokesmen in the forum and international conference, 82 official UNESCO representatives, 51 performer, 19 falcon coaches, 45 artists and sculptors, 47 photographer, 30 international media delegations. Also participiating will be International Wildlife Consultants (IWC), the International Association for Falconry (IAF) and the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC). Heritage and Culture consultant Mohamed Khalaf el-Mazrouey assured organizing this international event aims to celebrate falconries as an international human heritage and also celebrating Ein City as a part of this heritage. Director of the festival Abdallah el-Kobeesy said the festival provides a unique opportunity for falconries to exchange experiences through falconries camp, which will kick off from December 11 to December 13 in the region of Remah. During December 15 to 17, there will be 93 international falconry experts will submit researches about everything related to falconry and future plans put by UNESCO to protect falconry and falcons. International Wildlife Consultants (IWC) assured the importance of the latest registration of falconry is an international heritage in UNESCO with efforts exerted by U.A.E.
