Mohammed bin Rashid\'s Twitter page attracts 2m followers

Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is among the most sought-after figures on the Twitter, after his page, on the social networking website succeeded attracting two million followers. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on this occasion, expressed his thanks and gratitude to each of his followers via his \"Twitter\" page. This outstanding success in attracting the attention of a large number of followers is a result of His Highness\' page diversity and richness of themes and issues. Sheikh Mohammed\'s page enjoys great and wide follow-up on social networking websites for his continuous keenness to communicate on many occasions in addition to his eagerness to express his opinion and comment on many of the regional and global issues and topics. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum\'s page on twitter has seen sequential increase with the addition of 90 thousand fresh followers each month. Arabs account for the largest number of the followers of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid\'s twitter account, with 43% of them coming from the UAE alone, and rest of followers from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Egypt. The large number represent a large variety of individual and corporate followers of different nationalities from Arab countries, Latin America, Africa and Asia, India and Japan in particular. A close look at the account, the nature of the variety of topics and the interaction of followers, reveals that it represents a record of his personal characteristics that highlights his thought, philosophy and openness to the world\'s different cultures. H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been among the first Arab leaders to show keen interest in communicating with the different segments of the society via the most advanced and influential means of networking and communication, based on his belief in their effective role in, and contribution to effective communication with the younger generation and to the consideration of their ideas and perception of life in different spheres, as well as in the fact that the youth are the real wealth of the nation. –