Culture & Education | Wednesday 27 April, 2016 4:06 pm

KwB Nurtures Children’s Creative Writing Skills at the 8th Edition of SCRF

Children attending the eighth edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) have enjoyed putting their creative talents to the test at a series of Knowledge without Borders (KwB) activities. The Sharjah-based cultural project has a major presence at the region’s leading literary ...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 27 April, 2016 3:56 pm

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair Sees the Debut of SOCOOOL Comics

The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair organized at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, saw today the debut of the SOCOOOL Comics; the first initiative specialized in comic books in the region. A fruit of Ajyaal Media’s partnership with Al Hudhud Publishing, the SOCOOOL Comics brand...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 27 April, 2016 2:47 pm

GEMS Opens its first UAE tailored English National Curriculum School

opening of GEMS Al Barsha National School for Boys and for Girls for the 2016 academic year. Located in Al Barsha, the school will have segregated campuses for boys and girls, and will offer the English National Curriculum with a strong emphasis on Arabic and Islamic studies to...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 26 April, 2016 4:15 pm

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2016, in partnership with Al-Bayt Mitwahid, emboldens UAE’s young innovators

Teams from American University in Dubai, Ajman University of Science and Technology and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) swept to victory today in Abu Dhabi, in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2016, a student contest for the world’s up-and-coming innovators. The...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 26 April, 2016 12:06 pm

Ten titles handed out in Arabic and English at four Dubai Metro stations to mark World Book Day

In accordance with the initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to make 2016 the ‘Year of Reading’ here in this country, representatives from the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Center (HHC) distributed complimentary books at four...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 26 April, 2016 5:30 am

Abu Dhabi Residency Celebrates World Heritage Day

Al Dhabyaniah Committee at the Directorate General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Abu Dhabi celebrated today the activities of the World Heritage Day. The participation in the celebration comes as part of its keenness to safeguard the national identity, strengthen its components, upgrade...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 4:19 pm

Dubai Customs Celebrates Global Cultures on UNESCO’s World Heritage Day

Marking the UNSECO’s World Heritage Day observed on the 18th of April every year, Dubai Customs celebrated this day with employees introducing a series of folk and educational activities. Both HE Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Dubai Customs Director and HE Manabile Shogole, Consul-General of the...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 4:11 pm

120,000 Visitors Attend Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival in First Five Days

The number of visitors to the 8th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), the region’s foremost literary event for young people, exceeded 120,000 visitors during its first five days. The figure is a significant increase in the number of attendees recorded in the same...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 4:01 pm

Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi signs an MoU with Total

In line with its strategy to enhance a strong base of its student’s development and build long term networks with entities that support its mission and vision, Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, one of the most prestigious universities in the United Arab Emirates, signed a Memorandum of...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 12:18 pm

Announce New College For Entrepreneurship In Saudi Arabia

Three leading entities have joined to create an elite educational institution located at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Saudi Arabia modeled after Babson College’s top-ranked entrepreneurship education programs in the United States.    Babson Global, a wholly owned...

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