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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...

8th DIFF concludes with glittering Muhr Awards ceremony

The 8th Dubai International Film Festival concluded with a glittering award ceremony, where outstanding talent from the UAE and the Arab world, Asia and Africa were presented DIFF’s prestigious Muhr Awards.

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...

Dubai Public Library launches Summer initiative with over 130 educational activities

The Dubai Public Library, under the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate's dedicated Authority for heritage, culture and the arts, has...

“Intellectual Property Rights” in focus during Sharjah International Book Fair

Sharjah International Book Fair 2011 granted a special spotlight in its agenda for raising public awareness on the importance of Intellectual Property Rights

Dubai Marine and Heritage Festival Starts on Sunday

The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority has announced the launch of the first edition of Dubai Marine and Heritage Festival which will be held...

GeekFest Dubai: World’s Largest Picture Printout

The enormous Dubai Panorama image, taken by photographer Gerald Donovan on April 23rd 2010, was the world’s largest digital image, a whopping 45 GigaPixel...

‘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...

Priceless necklace inspired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed is highlight...

Adding unmatched spectacle to the charity auction at the DIFF Cinema Against AIDS Dubai Gala, today (December 10, Thursday) to raise funds for amfAR,...

60 Years of Record Breaking – Hardest World Records to Break

Guinness World Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year. That is why the next edition of the Guinness World Records book will be...
Saudi Arabia’s Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai launches today its ‘16 Windows’ program

Saudi Arabia’s Expo Pavilion Launches ‘16 Windows’ Program

The 16-week program will introduce the Kingdom’s diverse cultural sectors to visitors of Saudi Arabia’s landmark Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. ‘16 Windows’ covers sectors...

Best Children’s Book of 2018: The Night Diary

The number one pick in books for young readers this year so far is a beautiful historical novel called The Night Diary. While written...

Ramadan to begin on July 10th, Eid Al Fitr on August...

The Sharjah Planetarium at the Department of Culture and Information announced that the Ramadan Crescent will form on July 8th 2013 at 11:14...

Dubai announces “Summer is Dubai”

Children below 12 years can stay for free at leading Dubai hotels  Dubai recently announced the launch of its summer campaign under the slogan "Summer...

Eid al-Adha on the sunset of 7th of December

In the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha on the sunset...

Sharjah Museums Department celebrates Eid Al Adha with various activities

Museums will be closed on the first day of Eid, and open on the second and third days Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) is organizing various...

Vogel’s shorts, Bulgarian selection and Oscar winning ‘Logorama’ take centrestage at...

The third edition of the Gulf Film Festival, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman...

“Eternal letters: from the Abdul Rahman Al Owais Islamic Calligraphy Collection”...

Exhibition hosted by the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler...