HH Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates Minister of Finance and Industry and Patron of the Foundation, is working to encourage greater dialogue across cultures and peoples, to enhance greater understanding and appreciation between communities in particular between the Arab and Muslim worlds and the West. He wants the relationship between Scotland and the UAE to work as a practical example for global, cross-cultural understanding and cooperation. The creation of the Al-Maktoum College in Dundee was an example of HH Shaikh Hamdan’s vision in action as it demonstrates how relationships have been built between the UAE and Scotland.
