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Culture & Education | Tuesday 27 October, 2015 3:12 pm

Registration for SIBF 2016 opens a year early due to high demand for space

Registration for next year’s Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) will open next week, a full year ahead of the 35th edition due to overwhelming demand from publishers to reserve space at the fair. The announcement comes as the SIBF is about to launch its 34th edition, taking place from...

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Culture & Education | Monday 26 October, 2015 3:01 pm

Dubai Parks and Resorts’ ‘Helmi Programme’ chooses ten UAE nationals for full scholarships

Dubai Parks and Resorts has announced the first ten Emirati graduates who will receive a full scholarship to the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USA to study Theme Park Management as a part of its innovative education initiative, ‘Helmi Programme’. The Helmi ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 26 October, 2015 1:18 pm

Former Hostage Helps Build a Better World at SIBF 2015

A former hostage, held for over five years by Lebanese militants, John McCarthy will be appearing at the the Sharjah International Book Fair 2015 (SIBF) on 4-14 November at the Expo Centre. McCarthy is a writer and a broadcaster, who in 1986 had his life dramatically changed when working on his...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 25 October, 2015 3:42 am

Poet Prince Khalid Al Faisal named cultural personality of the year by SIBF

Prince Khalid Al Faisal, Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, and Governor of Makkah Province, has been named the Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF). Known as the Poet Prince, the SIBF has bestowed the...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 22 October, 2015 4:51 pm

Innovators Advance to Next Stage in Elimination Episode on MBC4

Dynamic young innovators Hassan Albalawi of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Nadim Rifai of Palestine advanced in an intense elimination episode of Stars of Science, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development's (QF) "edutainment...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 22 October, 2015 4:14 pm

TWELVE ARAB INNOVATORS BECOME STARS OF SCIENCE CANDIDATES ON MBC4

Twelve of the Arab world’s most promising and remarkable young innovators beat thousands of rival applicants to be selected as candidates on the seventh season of Stars of Science, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development ‘s (QF) “edutainment...

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Culture & Education | Monday 19 October, 2015 10:44 am

The Master of Horror, Darren Shan to Thrill visitors at SIBF 2015

Darren Shan, known as the Master Of Children’s Horror, will be thrilling, enthralling and generally terrifying visitors to the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) taking place from November 4 -14 at the Expo Centre. The UK #1 bestselling author has made more than 20 million in book sales...

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Culture & Education | Monday 19 October, 2015 8:08 am

STARS OF SCIENCE INNOVATORS FROM KSA AND PALESTINE WOW JURY

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Culture & Education | Monday 19 October, 2015 4:58 am

UAE's British Orchard Nursery Bags Prestigious Global Awards at International Forums

Staying true to its vision, to be a leader in nursery education, providing high quality international early years provision through best practice, British Orchard Nursery becomes the world's first-ever nursery-chain to win global awards at prestigious international...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 18 October, 2015 6:08 am

Sultan Al Qasimi attends announcement of shortlisted books for Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature

The announcement of the books shortlisted for the 7th edition of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature was attended by His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah on Thursday at the Frankfurt International Book Fair in ...

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