A world free of blindness

Dubai: A programme aimed at creating a "world free from blindness" has been launched under the personal initiative of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The initiative, called Noor Dubai, meaning light in Arabic, aims to cure one million people of visual impairments in its first year. "Today, at the beginning of this holy month, I... [read full story]