Culture & Education | Tuesday 3 April, 2018 6:23 am

Dubai Culture Supports ‘Zayed Painting Contest 2018’

Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has supported the ‘Zayed Painting Contest 2018’, which was launched by Infinity Event Management and aims to assemble student contributions from 100 schools across...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 3 April, 2018 5:16 am

Sharjah Children's Reading Festival Begins April 18 with 2600 events and activities

Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) is gearing up to host the 10th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) in style. A line-up of 2,600 cultural and literary events and activities to enrich and entertain all ages, books and literary materials showcased by 134 publishers from 18...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 3 April, 2018 1:08 am

Tune-in and get set for a rollercoaster of outstanding television only on OSN in April

OSN’s roster of content has something for everyone, with Oscar-nominated blockbusters, the highly-anticipated second seasons of Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale, great Arabic and Turkish dramas, the return of comedy classic Roseanne, and for WWE fans the biggest event of them all...

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Culture & Education | Monday 2 April, 2018 2:00 pm

GEMS Education students set Guinness World Records title to recognise the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize

Close to 2,000 students across GEMS Education schools in the UAE gathered to form the ‘Largest Human Image of a Hashtag symbol’ – setting another Guinness World Records title – to celebrate the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize 2018.   The 1,927...

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Culture & Education | Monday 2 April, 2018 4:37 am

NAMA Calls for Applicants to Badiri Business Entrepreneurship Programme

The Badiri Education and Development Academy has announced that applications are now open for the Entrepreneur Development Camp, the first phase of the Badiri Business Entrepreneurship Programme (BBEP), which focuses on building the capacity of women residing in various locations in the Emirate of...

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Culture & Education | Monday 2 April, 2018 2:13 am

Discussing Education Research in the Gulf: The Eighth Biannual Gulf Comparative Education Society Symposium to Take Place in Ras Al Khaimah

The Gulf Comparative Education Society (GCES) is holding its Eighth Biannual Symposium April 7-9, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The Symposium’s theme, “Public, Private, and Philanthropy: Exploring the Impact of New Actors on Education in the...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 1 April, 2018 3:03 pm

Effat University Annual Career Fair offers job seekers first hand opportunity to meet with potential employers

Effat University is hosting its 17th Annual Career Fair on the 2nd and 3rd of April 2018, under the gracious patronage of Her Royal Highness of Princess Lolowah Al Faisal. Held on the university campus, the event is open to the public and males and females can attend to get an up-close and personal ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 1 April, 2018 2:43 pm

Dubai Culture Concludes Successful 8th Edition of SIKKA Art Fair

Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has successfully concluded SIKKA Art Fair 2018, which was attended by a record number of over 45,000 visitors, and saw more than 1,500 people participating in over 50...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 1 April, 2018 1:33 pm

Kalimat Publishing Promotes Arabic Books in Italy

Kalimat Publishing, a UAE-based publishing house and an imprint of Kalimat Group, dedicated to publishing and distributing quality Arabic children’s books, recently concluded its participation in the 56th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which concluded recently in Bologna,...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 1 April, 2018 1:04 pm

Emirates Publishers Association Discusses Opportunities for Copyright Deals with International Publishers

The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) recently organised a matchmaking session with Brazilian publishers in collaboration with the ‘1001 Titles’ initiative and the Brazilian Publishers Association to discuss possible opportunities for copyright deals between Emirati...

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