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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Culture & Education | Monday 23 May, 2016 2:57 pm

Majd Al Shehhi Appointed Manager of ‘1001 Titles’ Initiative

Under the directives of Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Head of the Organising Committee of ‘Knowledge without Borders’, Sharjah-based cultural project Knowledge without Borders (KwB) has announced that it has appointed Majd Al Shehhi as Manager of its ‘1001 Titles’...

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Culture & Education | Monday 23 May, 2016 4:58 am

Smart Library Launches an Initiative to Encourage the Ministry of Interior’s Staff to Read

The Smart Library at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) launched an initiative to encourage the Ministry’s staff to read. This drive comes as part of the implementation of the Higher Leadership’s directives to make 2016 the “Year of Reading” and to promote the concept of...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 May, 2016 1:39 pm

Saudi Arabia wins first among Arab countries at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Saudi Arabia wins eight awards at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair – The world’s largest high school science research competition. The winning Saudi projects are in the following categories: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Engineering...

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