Noted cultural figure and former Chairman of Abu Dhabi Media, Mohammed Khalaf Al Mazrouei, passed away in a car crash on Thursday. Al Mazrouei was accompanied by Al Fandi Muhsin Rashid Al Mazrouei, when their four-wheel car collided with another carrying Matar Mohammad Al Mazrouei and Ganem Ali Al Mazrouei. Abu Dhabi police confirmed the deaths […]
Noted cultural figure and former Chairman of Abu Dhabi Media, Mohammed Khalaf Al Mazrouei, passed away in a car crash on Thursday. Al Mazrouei was accompanied by Al Fandi Muhsin Rashid Al Mazrouei, when their four-wheel car collided with another carrying Matar Mohammad Al Mazrouei and Ganem Ali Al Mazrouei. Abu Dhabi police confirmed the deaths but has not issued any details as investigation is underway.
Al Mazrouei served as Director General of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Media.
Al Mazrouei was born in Medina Zayed in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. He studied in the US, where he obtained an MA in Management from Oregon State. Al Mazrouei had been the Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), now known as the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA), as well as Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Media.
The Authority launched two of the most successful TV poetry programmes in the Arab world. The programmes draw millions of viewers across the Arab world.
The Authority also launched the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, New York-Abu Dhabi Film Academy, Eastern Melodies Festival and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Kilmat for Translation Project and many others.
