Culture & Education | Monday 23 April, 2018 11:59 am

Children transform themselves through filmmaking at Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

Children were given a taste of filmmaking on the fifth day of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, which runs until April 28 at Expo Centre Sharjah.   The hour-long Green Screen workshop was part of the 10thedition of the festival, themed ‘Your Future… Just a...

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Culture & Education | Monday 23 April, 2018 6:00 am

SCRF 2018 Extends an Exclusive Invitation to Women and Children Today

The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), organisers of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2018) has announced opening the doors of the festival, from 4pm-8pm today (Monday, April 23) exclusively for women, and children under the age of 16.     The organisers will be...

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Culture & Education | Monday 23 April, 2018 12:33 am

Vox Cinemas wins second license to operate movie theaters in KSA

Vox Cinemas, a subsidiary of Majid Al-Futtaim Group, won the second license to operate cinemas in the Kingdom. The company received the license from the Minister of Culture and Information and Chairman of the General Authority for Audiovisual Media, Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad. Al-Futtaim Group...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 1:22 pm

Facebook teams up with National Media Council to combat proliferation of false news

Facebook teams up with the National Media Council (NMC) to pool their respective resources in an effort to combat the proliferation of false news.   A joint campaign will commence in UAE newspapers and on Facebook to start April 23, 2018. The newspaper advertisements have been designed...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 1:17 pm

Children become young engineers at Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

A group of 28 children were given the opportunity to become young engineers during a workshop on the third day of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, which runs until April 28 at Expo Centre Sharjah.   The hour-long Bridge Design workshop was part of the 10thedition of...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 12:48 pm

Hundreds of graduate students present research at GSRC held at AUS

More than 350 graduate students from across the United Arab Emirates presented their research papers at the Fourth Graduate Students Research Conference (GSRC) held at American University of Sharjah (AUS) yesterday, April 21. Students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in a wide range of...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 12:44 pm

EPA Board Members Meet At Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

The Board Members of the Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) met in the presence of Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and President of EPA, at Expo Centre Sharjah to review previous achievements, discuss work in progress and look ahead to future projects.   The board...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 11:11 am

Zayed University & Medeor 24x7 Hospital Conduct ‘Ear Care Awareness Campaign’ for Students

Zayed University’s Student Accessibility Department (SAS), in association with Medeor 24x7 Hospital, the multi-specialty family hospital in Dubai, and a unit of VPS healthcare, organised the first ‘Ear Care Awareness Campaign’ for students at both Abu Dhabi and Dubai university...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 4:41 am

FUNN Introduces Stop-Motion Techniques To Next Generation of Emirati Filmmakers

Children from the will learn how to produce a stop-motion movie using the latest practices and state-of-the-art technology in the “Animation Story” series of workshops organised by FUNN, the Sharjah-based organisation dedicated to helping younger generations become engaged in the world...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 2:33 am

Child Safety Campaign and Kalimat Publishing Launch Story Books on Rights and Safety

As part of its first participation at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), the Child Safety Campaign, a subsidiary of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), launched a series of new storybooks to promote safety awareness among youngsters, in cooperation with Kalimat...

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