Culture & Education | Monday 6 August, 2018 1:27 pm

Brazilian Children Create Masks Using Emirati Traditional Crafts

Brazil's indigenous cultures employed masks long before their big carnivals made the country famous for them, and began attracting millions of tourists from around the world.    The Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council (Irthi), an affiliate of the UAE-based women’s...

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Culture & Education | Monday 6 August, 2018 1:09 pm

‘Vantage Point Sharjah 6’ features photography by AUS students and faculty

Outstanding photography by three freshman students and two faculty members from the College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) at American University of Sharjah (AUS) features in this year’s iteration of Vantage Point Sharjah, an annual photography exhibition organized by Sharjah Art ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 6 August, 2018 8:20 am

Emirates Publishers Association Introduces Brazil to the UAE’s Successful Publishing Experience

The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has introduced publishers, authors, and key cultural entities in Brazil and Latin America to key factors, which have contributed to placing the UAE’s local publishing industry at the forefront of the Arab publishing scene and consolidate its stature...

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Culture & Education | Monday 6 August, 2018 8:17 am

CSC Launches ‘Responsible Media… Safe Child’ Initiative with UAE Entities to Safeguard Children’s Rights

The Child Safety Campaign (CSC), a subsidiary of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, has launched ‘Responsible Media… Safe Child’ initiative, to reinforce the role of the media in protecting the rights of children.   Targetting all forms of...

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Culture & Education | Monday 6 August, 2018 7:11 am

Youth Media Council Launches ‘Thank You Our Leaders’ Initiative

The National Media Council (NMC)’s youth wing, the Youth Media Council, has launched the ‘Thank You Our Leaders’ initiative to mark International Youth Day, which is celebrated every year on August 12.   Conceived to express gratitude to the UAE leadership for the...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 5 August, 2018 7:10 am

Saudi village of Rijal Alma prepares to join UNESCO World Heritage List

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) prepared the file of Rijal Almaa heritage village in Asir and handed it over to the UNESCO World Heritage Center in January 2018. The village of Rijal Almaa had won the Prince Sultan bin Salman Award for Urban Heritage in 2007 and has ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 5 August, 2018 7:09 am

Registration opens for Saudi Crown Prince Camel Festival

The Saudi Arabian Camels Federation has announced the opening of online registration for those wishing to take part in the Crown Prince Camel Festival. Participants are invited to submit their registration applications from Aug. 4 via www.cpcf.scrf.sa. The website includes various forms to fill...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 4 August, 2018 7:45 am

Sharjah Promotes Emirati and Arab Culture in Latin America

Amid a strong presence of diplomatic and cultural figures, authors and publishers, the 25th edition of São Paulo International Book Fair raised curtains on its 10-day celebration of books and literature last evening (Thursday), with Sharjah taking centre stage as its first-ever guest of...

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Culture & Education | Friday 3 August, 2018 4:39 am

FUNN Introduces the Benefits of Film to Young Readers

FUNN, the Sharjah-based organisation dedicated to ignite interest for cinema and the media arts among young generations, is currently at the UAE’s nationwide summer reading initiative organised by the Ministry of Education.   Running until September 5, the initiative aims to...

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Culture & Education | Friday 3 August, 2018 1:03 am

Three Dar Al Hekma students receive Qimam Award for High-Potential Leaders

Three students from Dar Al Hekma University have been selected for the Qimam Fellowship Program, which empowers high-potential university students in the Kingdom. Nouf Hassan Al-Malki, Rawan Al-Marwani Al-Juhani and Lamia Al-Otaibi were shortlisted among the 50 fellows out of 13,000 applicants. The ...

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