UAE Kuwait Media Forum Highlights Hamdan Bin Mohammed Ties With Emirati Students In Kuwait

The UAE-Kuwait Media Forum at Dubai’s Museum of the Future brought together senior officials, Emirati students and alumni, under the banner of ‘UAE & Kuwait: Brothers Forever’, highlighting how shared education links continue to underpin relations between the two Gulf neighbours.

The forum forms a key event within the ‘UAE & Kuwait: Brothers Forever’ week, scheduled from 29 January to 4 February 2026 across all emirates, and it focuses on long-standing cooperation through dialogue sessions involving diplomatic, cultural and sports figures from both countries.

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The UAE-Kuwait Media Forum serves as a broad platform that highlights media, educational, cultural and sports links between the UAE and Kuwait, while also honouring early pioneers who laid the foundations of these ties, in the presence of Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Defence of the State of Kuwait.

The gathering at the Museum of the Future also featured an extended meeting between H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and a group of Emirati students who are currently enrolled at universities and institutes in Kuwait, alongside the first generation of Emiratis who completed their higher education there.

During the meeting, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Kuwait’s Minister of Defence held informal discussions with attendees, hearing accounts of life on Kuwaiti campuses and how those years shaped academic values, personal growth and professional skills for Emirati graduates.

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan commended Kuwaiti universities and institutes for hosting Emirati students over many decades, saying their programmes provided solid academic foundations and helped create a continuous bridge of knowledge, cultural understanding and human connection that later supported the UAE’s nation-building process.

He noted that Emiratis who studied in Kuwait went on to contribute in diverse sectors within the UAE, and he stressed that the joint education story has become a symbol of trust between the two states, explaining this through two comments: "The relationship between the UAE and Kuwait is deeply rooted in history and strengthened through cooperation focused on building people before infrastructure." He added: "Education has long been, and remains, one of the most important pillars of this relationship, which we are proud of and keen to develop in a way that serves future generations and supports progress and prosperity in both countries."

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan further observed that the two nations share a close historical background and a similar outlook for the future, which increases the scope for broader collaboration in higher education, scientific research and human capacity building, aligned with sustainable development priorities in both the UAE and Kuwait.

Participants at the session voiced appreciation for the opportunity to meet H.H. Sheikh Hamdan and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sabah, stressing the depth of the historical and brotherly relations linking the countries, while the wider UAE-Kuwait Media Forum continued to present joint achievements and evolving partnerships across education, media, culture and sport.

The events held under ‘UAE & Kuwait: Brothers Forever’ week, including the UAE-Kuwait Media Forum, underline how educational cooperation and people-focused initiatives remain central to UAE-Kuwait relations, while offering current students and earlier graduates a platform to share experiences that reflect decades of collaboration.

With inputs from WAM