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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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 April, 2018 2:30 am

Amc Cinemas and Online Retailer Noon.com to Sell Tickets to ‘black Panther’ in Ksa

With the return of cinema to Saudi Arabia just one day away, AMC Cinemas has announced a partnership with Noon, the region leading digital trading platform, to sell tickets onlinefor initial screenings of Black Panther, the Marvel Studios production of the immensely popular comic book...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 21 April, 2018 8:24 am

Mini Mechanics Gear Up For Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

Young mechanics attending a workshop on the first day of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, running until April 28 at Expo Centre Sharjah, have been learning the ropes – literally – of engineering basics.   The session, part of the ‘Engineering for...

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Culture & Education | Friday 20 April, 2018 7:03 am

Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival Adds Up

Youngsters at the first day of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival have been learning that mathematics is more than a numbers game, as they faced some tough problem-solving challenges in a ‘Mathnasium’ workshop.   The children, aged between six and ten years old,...

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