ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo hou no ka huakaʻi honua a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e nānā ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole ia he mea huna i ke alakaʻi hou i loko UNWTO makemake koke ia. HE Shaikha Mai binti Mohammed Al Khalifa ʻike i kēia. ʻO ia ka moho wahine mua no ke kūlana Kakauolelo Nui o ka Ka Hui Kaapuni honua (UNWTO), a he poʻokela no ka mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu.
Ma ka 2017 UNWTO Ua koho ʻia ʻo HE Shaika Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, ma ke ʻano he ʻelele kūikawā o ka International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017.
Ma ke koho UNWTO Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Kakauolelo Nui ʻo Taleb Rifai i ka hana a Shaikha Al-Khalifa i hoʻokani ai i ka holomua ʻana i ka moʻomeheu ma ke ʻano he mea nui o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Bahrain a me ka Middle East, ma o ka Arab Regional Center for World Heritage.
He poʻokela a he alakaʻi hoʻi ma ke kahua o ka mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu HE Shaikha Mai, ka pelekikena o ka Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities a me ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka Ke kikowaena kikowaena Arab no ka Hoʻoilina Honua (ARC-WH), ua hana luhi ʻole i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi ʻoihana moʻomeheu ikaika i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka mālama moʻomeheu.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he paionia ma ke ʻano moʻomeheu Arab e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna o ka Papa Kahu o ka Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research.
"Pono mākou e kākoʻo mau i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau e hoʻokele i ka holomua o ka moʻomeheu a me ka holomua o ka hoʻokele waiwai," i ʻōlelo ʻo HE Shaikha Mai e kuhikuhi ana i ka ulu ʻana o Bahrain o kāna ʻāpana moʻomeheu a pehea e hoʻonui ai i ka hoʻokipa. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā Bahrain ka ʻike kūwaho ma ke ʻano he hub moʻomeheu. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā papahana he nui i hāpai i ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i ka hoʻomohala kūlanakauhale, hāʻawi i nā manawa hana, a me ka ʻumeʻume ʻana i nā mea hoʻopukapuka a me nā mea kipa.
Aia kāna hana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kamaʻilio moʻomeheu a mālama i ka hoʻolālā kuʻuna o Bahrain. Ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia i ka hana "Investing in Culture", e paipai ana i ka pilina ma waena o ka lehulehu a me nā ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa e holomua i nā papahana moʻomeheu.
Ua mahalo ʻia ʻo HE Shaikha Mai i loko o UNESCO ma ke ʻano he kanaka makemake, kūpaʻa, a me ka mākaukau. Ma lalo o kona maka makaala a holomua, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻekolu mau kahua aupuni ma Bahrain ma kahi o ka UNESCO World Heritage List: Qalʻat al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbor and Capital of Dilmun (2005); Pearling, Testimony of a Island Economy (2012); a me Dilmun Burial Mounds (2019). Ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka Arab Regional Center for World Heritage, kahi UNESCO Category 2 Center, a alakaʻi i ka "Revitalization of Muharraq" initiative, kahi ʻano o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i nā papahana, i hāʻawi ʻia i ka 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Mai ka makahiki 2008, ua paʻa ʻo HE Shaikha Mai i kekahi mau kūlana kūlana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Assistant Undersecretary for Culture and National Heritage, Kuhina no ka Culture a me Kuhina ʻIke, kahi ʻo ia ka wahine mua i paʻa i ke kūlana.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i nā ʻano hana moʻomeheu a me nā hana mākaʻikaʻi makahiki e like me ka Spring of Culture a me Bahrain Summer Festival. Ua ʻike ʻia kāna mau hana i ka holomua ʻana i ka ʻoihana moʻomeheu ma Bahrain ma ka ʻāina a me ka honua. Ma 2010, ʻo HE Shaikha Mai ka laureate mua o ka Colbert Prize for Creativity and Heritage, a ma 2017, UNWTO Ua koho ʻo ia iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele kūikawā o ka International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo HE Shaikha Mai e ka Arab Thought Foundation kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia ka Social Creativity Award.
ʻO HE Shaikha Mai ka mea i loaʻa i nā makana hanohano he nui, ʻaʻole ka liʻiliʻi ʻo Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, ka Watch Award of the World Monuments Fund, a me ka Colbert Prize for Creativity and Heritage. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Mai Al Khalifa ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi koʻikoʻi o nā hui i loko o nā ʻāpana aupuni a me nā ʻoihana ʻole, ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana "Distinguished Arab Woman in the field of Administrative Leadership" mai ka Center of Woman Studies, Paris, ma 2004 a me ka ʻO ka makana Arab League no ka Mana Hoʻokele a me ka Excellence.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
- Ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he paionia ma ke ʻano moʻomeheu Arab e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna o ka Papa Kahu o ka Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research.
