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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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 9:02 am

GEMS Arab Innovation Centre for Education launches AICE Accelerator programme to support young start-ups

GEMS Education has launched the Arab Innovation Centre for Education (AICE) Accelerator programme, an initiative supporting school students in the UAE in their efforts to create their own start-ups. The programme, which is the first of its kind in the region, will provide select start-ups with...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 8:59 am

SCRF reveals science’s cool side with floating Ping Pong balls, catapults and egg drops

Science is cool – that’s the message that’s being shared at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2016, currently underway at the Expo Centre Sharjah.    Organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) and running over 11 days until April 30, the festival is...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 7:24 am

Ethica Wins Award in Islamic Finance Education

Capital Finance International in the UK has awarded Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance in Dubaiwith the Best Online Islamic Finance Education Provider Global Award. In recent months Ethica has also received 'Islamic Finance Education Provider of the Year' from The European...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 6:50 am

Real world vs fantasy world, Authors share their views at the SCRF

The content of children’s stories between reality and fantasy was discussed on Saturday in a seminar held on the sidelines of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival.     Russell Molina, a Filipino children’s book author who has written nearly 20 books, says that...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 24 April, 2016 6:07 pm

Kalimat Wins Arab Children's Book Publisher's Forum Award

‘Turn off the Lights,’ a title published by Kalimat House - an imprint of Kalimat Group that is dedicated to publishing and distributing Arabic printed and electronic books for children - has won the third Arab Children's Book Publisher's Forum Award in the ‘Best...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 24 April, 2016 3:28 pm

Sultan Al Qasimi Enriches Sharjahs’ Libraries with Books worth AED 2.5 Million

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed the allocation of AED 2.5 million worth of books to enrich Sharjah’s public, school and university libraries. The initiative, which will significantly expand the number of...

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