More than 60 emerging and experienced UAE-based writers, actors and directors, cutting across age groups and nationalities, are infusing the Sharjah Fringe festival with a vibrant energy with a wide genre of 10-minute plays under the first-ever Short+Sweet Sharjah banner. Teenager Mohammed Abeer and veteran Sunil Jasuja owned the stage at Masrah Al Qasba – […]

Jordanian pop singers Aziz Maraka and Adham Nabulsi brought their musical flair to the popular Al Majaz Amphitheatre on Friday night, offering hundreds of fans an exceptional concert boasting an incredible variety of Arabic rock-jazz. Performing for the first time in Sharjah, Arabic jazz musician Aziz Maraka was welcomed on the #letsmajaz stage with a roaring […]

A Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) project, House of Wisdom reimagines libraries for the 21st century, and is scheduled for public opening in April this year in Sharjah. Boasting a built-up area of 12,000 square metres and characterised by iconic design elements, contemporary Arabic architecture and interactive facilities, this high-tech library and social hub […]

The recently released data by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry, SCCI, showed that the number of the new memberships of the SCCI has remarkably increased in 2019, reaching 5626 members. While the total number of memberships movement in the main branch and other branches of the SCCI in Al Dhaid, Khor Fakkan, Dibba, […]

Organised by the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), the 21st Sharjah International Conservation Forum for Arabian Biodiversity (SICFAB) will begin tomorrow – February 3rd – at Desert Park in Sharjah. The four-day Forum, which will be held until February 6th, will include discussions of several important issues related to biodiversity such as marine and […]

In a bid to empower young Brownies (7 – 11 years) make a positive difference in their communities by taking practical actions to learn and lead, Sharjah Girl Guides (SGG) organized two workshops, one of which was held in collaboration with The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a UAE-based global humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees […]