Sharjah International Book Fair will display 1.5 million books
This year’s Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) - third largest book fair in the world- will see the participation of 1,420 publishing houses from...
The Origin of Halloween
The origin of Halloween is most probably not known to many people. Until a few years back, October 31 actually marked the observation of...
Dubai Culture Launches ‘Reading Box’ Initiative
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate's dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, announced the launch of its ‘Reading Box’ initiative...
Emirates and Google to promote reading in Arabic
Emirates Airline and Google are ‘Celebrating Arabic Reading’ all through October in a collaboration to reach millions of smartphone users in the region, and...
‘Young Artist Award’ competition introduces ‘Architecture’ category
The Cultural Office of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s announceed new updates to the ‘Young Artist Award’ competition in...
Dubai Opera grand inauguration later this year; Emaar has invested AED...
Emaar Properties has placed Dubai center stage in the fast-growing global arts industry with the pre-opening of its premier cultural destination, the multi-format Dubai...
Gearing up for a long Eid Al Adha holiday
With a few weeks left until Eid Al Adha, most of us already plan short breaks and foreign travels for the middle of September. Let's...
Our Summer is Filled with Culture & Arts Programme Kicks Off
Dubai Public Library Launches Eighth Edition of ‘Our Summer is Filled with Culture & Arts’ Programme
· 11 day children’s programme to provide a variety...
Best Books of 2016 So Far
The best books of of 2016, at least so far in the year, now have been revealed by Amazon's editorial team. This is an...
Ramadan Trends: Generosity, Shorter Working Days and Less Spending
One of the latest Ramadan trends according to consumer behaviour insights observed in the past few years, is that less people are spending more...
A Free Ramadan Workshop To Promote Cultural Awareness
A recent survey by 999 Magazine reported 72% of individuals polled had very little knowledge, and over 25% have never or hardly tried learning more about...
‘Israa and Miraj’ Public Holiday Announced
UAE's Federal Authority for Government Human Resources has declared Thursday, 5th of May, an official 'Israa and Miraj' public holiday for the public sector....
Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation launches ‘Mostaqbal Portal’
The launch of ‘Mostaqbal Portal’ is an innovative initiative of Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation to cover the latest findings of the technology...
21st of March is celebrated as Mother’s Day in UAE
Mother's Day is a time to get creative and make something special and unique for your mother or at least to present her with...
What is Audible?
As a web-based audio library, Audible is the best source to download and listen to audiobooks, exclusive articles and lectures.
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Art Dubai 2016 opens
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai inaugurated the tenth edition of Art Dubai 2016, officially opening...
Call for entries for 2016 Sheikha Manal’s ‘Young Artist Award’
Competition is open to all UAE residents, aged between 18-30 years
The Cultural Office of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...
Fun activities for all ages at Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
Emirates will be once again actively engaging the visitors of this year’s Emirates Airline Festival of Literature with imaginative on-ground experiences that merge family...