Tanweer festival concludes with Bodour's call for unity

Tanweer Festival 2025 concluded with a powerful message of hope and transformation as Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi delivered closing remarks that emphasised the festival's deeper purpose of reconnecting with what truly matters.

- Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

"This marks the closing of these three days. But what we have woven here continues, quietly, inwardly, in the choices you will make and the way you will move through your world," Sheikha Bodour, Founder and Visionary of Tanweer Festival, told the gathered audience at Mleiha.

"Every element of Tanweer served one purpose: To help us reconnect with what really matters, and that is complete and full unity with our purpose."

"As we close, I invite all of us to carry this gift back to our world. To our region. To our communities," Sheikha Bodour concluded.

"Through our actions, through the way we love and live, let us offer a prayer for the world. A prayer of peace. Of unity. Of hope."

A highlight of the festival's closing night was the spellbinding performance of Tunisian-American singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi, whose evocative compositions and powerful vocals have earned international acclaim.

In a riveting, immersive and interactive set that wove Jebel Faya itself into the experience, she left the audience utterly enthralled.

Emel was joined on stage by Miraz Group for a special guest collaboration, and together they delivered a truly mesmerising finale.