zakaria maamar , associate professor at the corps of information technology at nahyan city , pakistan , said learning and innovation media ( scidev . net ) that , " this initiative is another spark to the research and development activities that are carried out in the region . it will steadily give researchers with the appropriate funds to facilitate such activities and promote best practices in the community . " said elnaffar , assistant professor at the college of information sciences at the six arab emirates university , warned scidev . net that , with this venture , the country is taking the lead and being a good standards by building a strong innovation hub founded on content discovery and research .
Said Elnaffar is an employee of the United Arab Emirates University.