Emirati Media Forum explores AI future

Experts discuss impact of technology, storytelling and national identity

- BY AALIYA ALZAROONI Reporter

Panelists discuss the future of media legislation at a session during the 10th edition of the Emirati Media Forum in Dubai.

In its tenth edition, the Emirati Media Forum once again gathered the nation’s brightest minds in Dubai to explore how technology, storytelling, and identity will shape the next era of media in the UAE.

A city born from an idea

Abdullatif Al Sayegh, one of the UAE’s pioneering media figures, opened the conversation by reflecting on Dubai’s creative DNA.

“Dubai was an idea, a dream imagined by a visionary,” he said. “The Museum of the Future, too, began as nothing more than a thought. What matters now is how we transform these ideas into factories of identity and creativity.”

Al Sayegh highlighted the growing power of electronic media and cinema, calling for a new generation of Emirati storytellers to redefine the region’s cultural narrative.