Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation

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Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation
مجموعة أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون
AbbreviationADMAF
Formation1996
TypeFoundation
Headquarters Abu Dhabi
Coordinates24.494518, 54.380742
Region served
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Founder
Hoda Al Khamis Kanoo
Website www.admaf.org

The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation is an organisation based in Abu Dhabi, It was established by Hoda Al Khamis Kanoo in 1996.

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Hoda was born in Beirut to a Saudi father and a Syrian mother, she studied in Paris, relocated to Abu Dhabi and married there. [1]

Abu Dhabi Festival

ADMAF organizes the annual Abu Dhabi Festival.

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