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Objectives of the Second Conference:
1- To formulate a clear vision of folklore, Which fits the cultural context of the United Arab Emirates and Arab Gulf Countries.
2- To promote the contributions of local and national institutions in their attempts to preserve the Indigenous culture and heritage of Gulf societies.
3- To explore new venues of folklore in the rapidly changing societies of the Arab Gulf.
4- To identify current resources of folklore in the field of heritage in the Arab Gulf area in general, and the United Arab Emirates, in particular.

Themes of the Second Conference:
1- To establish the beginnings and methodologies of collecting and documenting folklore and oral traditions in theEmirates.
2- To highlisht the modern technologies in the field of recording, documenting and classifying heritage.
3- To Set priorities in heritage research in the Emirates and the Arab Gulf.
4- To underscore the role of folklore in the preservation of the local culture of the Arab Gulf Countries.

No	PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS AND BODIES
1	Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( ISESCO ) , Morocco
2	Research Center for Islamic History , Art and Culture Turkey .
3	United Nations Educational , Scientific & Cultural Organization , Paris.
4	Secretariat General of Centers & Academic Bodies Concerned with the Arab Gulf & Arabian Peninsular Studies.
5	National Council for Cultuer, Arts and Lierature,Bahrain.
6	King Faisal Center, Riyadh
7	Center for Folklore for Gulf Cooperation council Counties, Qatar
8	Historical Documents Center, Kuwait
9	Center for Historical Studies, Qatar
10	Center for Research Studies, Kuwait
11	Center for Documents Studies, Qatar
12	Center for Documents Studies, Bahrain
13	Culture and Arts Administration, Qatar
14	Ministry of Foreign affairs, The Netherlands
15	Arab Culture Permanent Committee Bureau
16	California State University, Sacramento, USA
17	Datmouth College, USA
18	Leeds University, UK
19	Qatar University, Qatar
20	Yarmouk University, Jordan
21	King Suad University, saudi Arabia
22	King Faisal University, saudi Arabia
23	King Abdulazziz University, saudi Arabia
24	Minufia University, Egypt
25	Alexanderia University, Egypt
26	Jordan University, Jordan
27	Kuwaity University, Kuwaity
28	Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
29	Bahrain University, Bahrain
30	Sana'a University, Yemen
31	Al Al Bayt University, Jordan
32	Aleppo University, Aleppo
33	Institute for Scientific Heritage, Syria
34	King Abdulazziz Center, saudi Arabia
35	Jeddah Literary Clob Form, saudi Arabia
36	Center for research and Revival of Islamic Heritage, saudi Arabia
37	King Abdulazziz Center, saudi Arabia
38	Al Lamimi Institute for Research and Information,Tunisia
39	Regional Office of the UNESCO, Doha .
40	Middle Eastern Studies Center, Harvard Univ., USA.
41	Ministry of Culture and Heritage, Oman
42	National Council for Arab American Relationshps, Washington
43	Indiana University, USA

No	Local
1	His Highness sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nhyan's Diwan.
2	Sharjah Governer's Advisor for Higher Education .
3	Cultural Fourdation, Abu Dhabi.
4	Center for For Studies and Documentation, Abu Dhabi
5	United Arab Emirates University, Al ain
6	Zayed Center For Heritage & History.
7	Sheik Said House,Dubai
8	Al Masar Institution for Economic Studies and publishing, Sharjah
9	Ministry of Education.
10	Culture and Science Dubai.
11	Juma'a Al majid Center for Culture and Heritage, Dubai.
12	Culture and Information, Sharjah.
13	Center for Studies and Documents, Ras Al khaima
14	Ajman Museum.

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