Culture & Education | Thursday 2 June, 2016 12:21 pm

Over 500 students set to graduate at AUS Spring 2016 Commencement

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah and President of American University of Sharjah (AUS), will attend the university’s Spring 2016 Commencement on Saturday, June 4 at the University City Hall, Sharjah. A total of 547...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 2 June, 2016 12:11 pm

FASHION, ART & ENTERTAINMENT GALLORE AT AL NOOR GALA!

Under the Patronage His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Al Noor Training Centre for Persons with Disabilities hosted a spectacular charity gala offering a feast of entertainment and a dose of high-tech fashion on 27th May 2016 at Hotel Intercontinental, Festival City...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 2 June, 2016 6:04 am

Social Support Department and Zayed University Discuss Mechanisms for Students’ Training

The Social Support Centers Department at Dhabi Police held a joint meeting with Zayed University to discuss ways to reinforce partnership and cooperation pertaining to joint events and activities. The meeting was attended by Brigadier Najim Abdullah Al Hosani, Head of the Social Support Centers...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 1 June, 2016 4:47 am

Saif bin Zayed Witnesses Signing of Tow MoUs on Innovation and Student Awareness

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, witnesses on Tuesday, the signing of two memoranda of understanding (MoUs). The first MoU, which was inked between the Khalifa Student Empowerment Program and Sheikh Zayed Private Academy, aims to...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 31 May, 2016 5:35 pm

PALESTINIAN GLOBAL TEACHER PRIZE WINNER MEETS POPE FRANCIS AT THE VATICAN

The 2016 Global Teacher Prize winner Hanan Al Hroub, a teacher from Samiha Khalil High School, Al-Bireh, Palestine, met His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican.    Pope Francis, earlier this year, announced her as the final winner from over 8,000 teacher applicants from 148...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 31 May, 2016 5:31 pm

Only on OSN, the magic of Disney Junior 
now in Arabic too

OSN, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, is giving children across the region the opportunity to experience all their favourite Disney Junior content in Arabic.   Little ones can now experience the exceptional line-up of magical, musical and heartfelt stories...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 31 May, 2016 1:30 pm

Knowledge without Borders Aims for Rehabilitation through Reading

A delegation from Knowledge without Borders (KwB), the Sharjah based cultural project, recently visited the Department of Punitive and Reformatory Establishments in Sharjah. On the agenda for the meeting was the effective rehabilitation of criminals through the habit of reading, with the aim being...

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Culture & Education | Monday 30 May, 2016 5:57 am

8th Edition of Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Now Open

The eighth edition of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature is now open to accept submissions, with its organisers encouraging publishers, authors and illustrators of Arabic children’s and young people’s books from across the world to send in their entries before the ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 29 May, 2016 5:29 am

Hospitality professional wins $26,000 MBA scholarship at MODUL University Dubai

MODUL University Dubai, a subsidiary of Dubai Investments Industries [DII] which is wholly-owned by Dubai Investments PJSC, and Austria’s leading international private university, has announced that a hospitality professional working at Jumeirah Group has been conferred a fully-funded MBA...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 28 May, 2016 6:45 am

A center for media excellence

MINISTER of Culture and Information Adel Al-Turaifi opened on Thursday evening the new headquarters of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) in Riyadh. Speaking on the occasion, Al-Turaifi, who is also chairman of the board of directors of SPA, described the new building as an excellent addition to the...

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