Iqiniso elisha lemboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele lizobukeka lihlukile. Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi ubuholi obusha bukhona UNWTO idingeka ngokushesha. HE Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa uyakwazi lokhu. Ungowesifazane wokuqala ozongenela ukhetho esikhundleni sikaNobhala-Jikelele we- Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO), kanye nompetha kwezokuvakasha kwamasiko.
In 2017 UNWTO uqoke u-HE Shaika Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, njengeNxusa Elikhethekile Lonyaka Wamazwe Ngamazwe Wezokuvakasha Okusimeme Kwezokuthuthukiswa 2017.
Ngesikhathi sokuqokwa UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele u-Taleb Rifai uncome iqhaza elibanjwe uShaikha Al-Khalifa ekuthuthukiseni isiko njengengxenye ebalulekile yokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha e-Bahrain naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, esebenzisa i-Arab Regional Regional Centre for World Heritage.
Ingqwele nomholi emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kwamasiko u-HE Shaikha Mai, umongameli we-Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities kanye noSihlalo weBhodi Labaqondisi Isikhungo Sesifunda sase-Arab Samagugu Omhlaba (ARC-WH), usebenze ngokuzikhandla ukuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda yamasiko eqinile ekusekeleni ukongiwa kwamasiko.
Waziwa kabanzi njengomuntu oyingqalabutho endaweni yesiko lama-Arabhu futhi osebenza njengoMsunguli kanye noSihlalo Webhodi Labaphathiswa be-Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research.
"Kumele siqhubeke nokuxhasa ezokuvakasha esimeme ukuqhuba inqubekela phambili kwezenhlalo namasiko futhi sifinyelele ekuchumeni okukhulu kwezomnotho," kusho u-HE Shaikha Mai ekhomba ukukhula kweBahrain emkhakheni wayo wamasiko nokuthi lokhu kuzithuthukise kanjani ezokuvakasha. Ngaphansi kokuholwa kwakhe, iBahrain ithole ukuqashelwa kwamazwe omhlaba njengehabhu lamasiko. Uhole amaphrojekthi amaningi abambe iqhaza ekuvuseleleni ukuthuthukiswa kwamadolobha, ukuhlinzeka ngamathuba emisebenzi, nokuheha abatshalizimali nezivakashi.
Umsebenzi wakhe uhlanganisa ukusungulwa kwe-Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research ukuze kuthuthukiswe inkhulumomphendvulwano yamasiko futhi kugcinwe ubuciko bendabuko baseBahrain. Uphinde wethula uhlelo oluthi “Investing in Culture”, olukhuthaza ubudlelwano phakathi kwezinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele ukuze kuthuthukiswe amaphrojekthi amasiko.
U-HE Shaikha Mai uhlonishwa ngaphakathi kwe-UNESCO njengomuntu onothando, ubuqotho, nekhono. Ngaphansi kweso lakhe elibukhali neliqhubekayo, ukubhaliswa kwezindawo ezintathu zezwe kuthathelwe indawo e-Bahrain ohlwini lwamagugu omhlaba lwe-UNESCO: Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun (2005); I-Pearling, Ubufakazi Bomnotho Wesiqhingi (2012); kanye nezindunduma zokungcwatshwa kwe-Dilmun (2019). Ubambe iqhaza ekusungulweni kweSikhungo Sesifunda Sase-Arab Samagugu Omhlaba, iSikhungo Sesigaba sesi-2 se-UNESCO, futhi wahola uhlelo “lokuvuselela i-Muharraq”, uchungechunge lwamaphrojekthi okubuyisela nokusebenzisa kabusha, owaklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Aga Khan Award for Architecture ka-2019.
Kusukela ngo-2008, u-HE Shaikha Mai usebambe izikhundla eziningi ezisemthethweni, okuhlanganisa noMsizi WoNobhala Wezamasiko Namagugu Kazwelonke, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezolwazi, lapho abe ngowesifazane wokuqala ukuphatha lesi sikhundla.
Usungule izinhlelo ezihlukahlukene zaminyaka yonke zamasiko nezokuvakasha ezifana ne-Spring of Culture kanye ne-Bahrain Summer Festival. Izimpumelelo zakhe ekuthuthukiseni ingqalasizinda yezamasiko e-Bahrain ziye zaqashelwa esifundeni nasemhlabeni jikelele. Ngo-2010, u-HE Shaikha Mai waba ngowokuqala ukuthola indondo ye-Colbert Prize for Creativity and Heritage, kwathi ngo-2017, UNWTO wamqoka njengeNxusa Elikhethekile Lonyaka Wezokuvakasha Okusimeme Kwentuthuko. U</strong>HE Shaikha Mai uphinde wahlonishwa yi-Arab Thought Foundation lapho ethole khona indondo yeSocial Creativity Award.
UHE Shaikha Mai uhlomule ngezindondo eziningi ezihlonishwayo, okungabalwa i-Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, i-Watch Award of the World Monuments Fund, kanye ne-Colbert Prize for Creativity and Heritage. U-Mai Al Khalifa ubuye ahlonishwe njengomholi ovelele wezinhlangano ngaphakathi kwemikhakha kahulumeni nengekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni, njengoba ethole umklomelo othi “Distinguished Arab Woman in the field of Administrative Leadership” ovela ku-Centre of Woman Studies, eParis, ngo-2004 kanye ne- Umklomelo we-Arab League for Administrative Competence and Excellence.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- A champion and leader in the field of cultural tourism HE Shaikha Mai, the president of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities as well as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), has worked tirelessly to develop a robust cultural infrastructure in support of cultural conservation.
- Mai Al Khalifa is also recognized as an outstanding leader of organizations within both the governmental and non-governmental sectors, having received the “Distinguished Arab Woman in the field of Administrative Leadership” prize from the Center of Woman Studies, Paris, in 2004 and the Arab League prize for Administrative Competence and Excellence.
- Waziwa kabanzi njengomuntu oyingqalabutho endaweni yesiko lama-Arabhu futhi osebenza njengoMsunguli kanye noSihlalo Webhodi Labaphathiswa be-Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research.
