Culture & Education | Friday 21 December, 2018 1:50 am

King Salman inaugurates 33rd Janadriyah festival

King Salman of Saudi Arabia performed the opening ceremony of the 33rd Janadriyah festival on Thursday before an invited audience of distinguished and royal guests. The festival, an annual celebration of Saudi heritage and culture, got underway immediately in the traditional manner — with...

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Culture & Education | Friday 21 December, 2018 1:00 am

Seminars, poetry nights to enrich Janadriyah fair

The 33rd Janadriyah Festival, an annual celebration of Saudi heritage and culture, that got underway on Thursday, will see a series of seminars and other events in Riyadh featuring guest speakers from the Kingdom and around the world, who will discuss a wide variety of cultural, political, social...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 20 December, 2018 3:13 am

Dubai Culture invites students to participate in winter camp

The department of Public Libraries at Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts, heritage, and literature, announced that its winter camp for this year will commence on 15 December. The camp will be take place until the 27th in Al...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 19 December, 2018 12:55 pm

Abu Dhabi University announces the opening of new student fitness center

Abu Dhabi University, an internationally recognized academic institution for quality education and applied research, has announced the highly anticipated grand opening of its new student fitness center located at its main campus in Abu Dhabi. Costing AED1.5 million, the fully equipped fitness...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 19 December, 2018 2:43 am

Arab media ministers vow to make joint efforts against challenges

Saudi Arabia’s Media Minister Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad and his Arab counterparts on Monday pledged to devise a joint Arab strategy to overcome the challenges facing the region. The meeting was held on the sidelines of an event organized to celebrate the selection of Riyadh as the capital of Arab...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 18 December, 2018 12:41 pm

National Geographic Plastic or Planet Campaign Teams up with Emirates Golf Club to Reduce Single-Use Plastic

  As part of its Planet or Plastic campaign, National Geographic teamed up with Emirates Golf Club Dubai to support the Club in reducing its usage of single-use plastic.   Emirates Golf Club is focusing primarily on reducing its use of plastic water bottles, which stood at...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 18 December, 2018 5:19 am

Prince Khalid bin Abdul Aziz bin Ayyaf Announces Launch of the 33rd Edition of Al Janadria Festival Next Thursday

His Highness Prince Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz bin Ayyaf, Minister of National Guard and Chairman of the Supreme Committee of the National Festival of Heritage and Culture – Janadria, announced the launch of the 33rd Edition of the festival on Thursday under the patronage of the Custodian of the...

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Culture & Education | Monday 17 December, 2018 1:46 pm

Dar Al-Hekma and King Abdulaziz University sign MoC to support scientific research

Dar Al-Hekma University has recently signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with King Abdulaziz University in order to bolster and promote cooperation between both academic institutions in the fields contributing to improving and honing the skills of graduated students.  The agreement was ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 16 December, 2018 1:27 pm

American University of Sharjah announces NVC semifinalists

Some of the world’s most ground-breaking innovations will be unveiled in Sharjah soon, with the 16 semifinalists in the New Venture Challenge (NVC) announced today by American University of Sharjah (AUS). The New Venture Challenge is an opportunity for teams of entrepreneurial  graduates ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 16 December, 2018 2:32 am

Sign language and Braille Qur’ans to help pilgrims at Two Holy Mosques

 Sign language, Braille Qur’ans and electric wheelchairs are some of the new features in Makkah and Madinah to help pilgrims with disabilities to execute the religious rites of Hajj and Umrah. An official at the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques described those...

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