Culture & Education | Tuesday 30 October, 2018 6:56 am

Bodour Al Qasimi Leads Dialogue on Overcoming Restrictions Posed on Freedom to Publish

Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and President of Emirates Publishers Association (EPA), said that in recent years, as publishers, readers and societies at large are engaging more frequently in conversations about the freedom to publish, contemporary threats to freedom of publishing...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 30 October, 2018 6:37 am

Madinah governor opens conference promoting true understanding of Islam

Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman opened the 23rd session of the conference of International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA).  The five-day event is being held in collaboration with the Islamic University in Madinah under the patronage of King Salman. It serves as a platform for religious...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 30 October, 2018 5:00 am

Emirates Post Issues Commemorative Stamps to Celebrate Arab Reading Challenge and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation

Emirates Post has issued commemorative postage stamps to honor the Arab Reading Challenge and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, acknowledging the positive impact of the challenge as the largest cultural and knowledge initiative in the Arab world. Instilling a culture of reading as...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 30 October, 2018 2:47 am

HUAWEI rolls out new customized music streaming service in MENA

On the evening of October 24th, HUAWEI Mate20 made a stunning appearance in Dubai's Burj Khalifa Tower. Unexpectedly, they also released HUAWEI Music at the press conference, which made this HUAWEI Mate20 more worth buying.   HUAWEI Music – Huawei’s self-developed service ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 29 October, 2018 4:24 pm

8th Publishers Conference Discusses Freedom of the Press and Role of Technology

Ahead of the official opening of the 37th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) on October 31, Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) organised the 8th Publishers Conference to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the publishing sector in the region and around the world. Taking place at the...

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Culture & Education | Monday 29 October, 2018 5:00 am

Five Contestants Enter Finals of Arab Reading Challenge Beating back Competition from 10.5 Million Students that Joined Record Third Edition

Five students have reached the finals of the 2018 Arab Reading Challenge, the largest-ever Arab reading initiative organized by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) foundation. The finalists will compete for the title of Champion of the Arab Challenge to be announced at an...

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Culture & Education | Monday 29 October, 2018 4:21 am

Minister of Media meets editors-in-chief of local newspapers

Minister of Media Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad met here Sunday the editors-in-chief of local newspapers. They discussed media projects and initiatives provided by the Ministry of Media. The Minister of Media listened to the opinions of the editors-in-chief on the current developments. Following the...

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Culture & Education | Monday 29 October, 2018 2:25 am

Saudi university ranks best in the Gulf region

The Jeddah-based King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) has been selected as the best university in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by The Times Higher Education (THE) University Rankings 2018. Several other universities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE also occupy top positions in the ranking,...

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Culture & Education | Monday 29 October, 2018 1:30 am

Prominent international academics to participate in special cross-cultural conference in Sharjah

Renowned academics and experts from all around the world will gather in Sharjah to participate in a special, cross-cultural conference to be held October 31—November 3. The event, entitled Storytelling, Travel Writing and Seafaring from Cross-Cultural Perspectives, will see a wide variety of...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 October, 2018 4:53 pm

Eighteen students in Saudi Arabia top the world in Cambridge exams

Cambridge Assessment International Education today awarded secondary school learners in Saudi Arabia from the June 2018 Cambridge examination series for their globally outstanding achievements.   A total of 194 awards are being awarded to students from Saudi Arabia for exceptional...

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