Culture & Education | Sunday 13 September, 2020 9:55 am

Saudi Heritage Preservation Society becomes an official advisory body to UNESCO

Saudi Gazette report The Saudi Heritage Preservation Society (We are Our Heritage) obtained accreditation as an advisory body to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which in turn is the organization most...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 September, 2020 8:37 am

Universal Peace Federation (UPF) Holds Global Seminar on the Theme “Opportunity and Hope at a Time of Global Crisis: Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, and Universal Values.”

In an attempt to spread hope and optimism during the coronavirus pandemic which has infected more than 27 million people and killed over 905,000 globally, UPF, an NGO in general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations will convene its first virtual...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 12 September, 2020 2:18 pm

OIC, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University sign accord to combat Islamophobia, extremism

The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, and the president of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Dr. Ahmed bin Salem Al-Amri, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation and share experiences in areas of common...

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Culture & Education | Friday 11 September, 2020 1:25 pm

Saudi Arabia Elected as Member of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee

The member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has elected the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee, for the first time, during the 8th General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 10 September, 2020 6:39 am

Ministry of Media Launches 2nd Media Excellence Award on 90th National Day

The Ministry of Media has launched the second edition of the Media Excellence Award for the National Day 2020 on the occasion of celebrating the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's 90th National Day.The Ministry invited all government and private sectors as well as the community's members to share and...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 9 September, 2020 5:12 pm

Ma’arif for Education and Training sets strong benchmark in successful delivery of e-learning in the Kingdom

Ma’arif for Education and Training (Ma’arif), one of the largest private school owners and operators in Saudi Arabia, has raised the bar on e-learning delivery and set new benchmarks in the Kingdom within the very first week of the new academic year.    Highlighting the...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 8 September, 2020 7:36 am

Al Al-Sheikh, Egyptian Minister of Education Discuss Preparations to Start Study, at King Salman Int'l University, in Sinai

Minister of Education Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh, remotely, met with the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Khalid Abdulghaffar.During the conversation, they discussed issues of common interest between, in the scientific domains, including arrangements to...

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Culture & Education | Monday 7 September, 2020 9:25 am

MBZUAI faculty member wins top prizes at European AI conference

Dr. Hang Dai, Assistant Professor in the Computer Vision department at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, achieved first and second place in the Commands 4 Autonomous...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 6 September, 2020 11:33 am

Students willing to seek out support in their first year more likely to succeed, says AUS expert

With thousands of students across the UAE starting their first year at university recently, the move to virtual learning has created a unique set of challenges for them. Not only do they have to contend with the usual challenges encountered by first-year students, but they also have to navigate the ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 6 September, 2020 7:07 am

G20 Education Ministers Support Efforts to Mitigate Impacts of Coronavirus and Education Continuity in Crises

The G20 Education Ministers held a virtual extraordinary meeting to emphasize the central role of education in enabling people to seize the opportunities of the twenty-first century.The ministers expressed, in the closing statement of their virtual meeting on the novel coronavirus, their support...

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