Global logistics leader UPS (NYSE: UPS) and the American University of Sharjah in the UAE, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote capacity building and knowledge sharing initiatives that support the future careers of female AUS students and alumni in the fields of entrepreneurship, supply chain management, e-commerce, customs, and global trade. The agreement, which […]

Continuing its mission to nurture young minds and instill a love of stories in children, Sharjah Public Libraries (SPL) invited Sally Mousa, Pulse 95 Radio presenter, to read from Farm in the City to inaugurate its online storytelling session for children. Farm in the City is available online in SPL’s Highlights Library. Farm in the City tells […]

Silicon Valley, a leading global hub for technology and innovation, is home to many of the world’s largest high-tech corporations and startups offering products and services that shape people’s lives all around the world. However, Silicon Valley is more than just a place. It has come to symbolise a mindset and has provided a playbook […]

Air Arabia has announced that it will operate new outbound only repatriation flights from Sharjah to Egypt to allow Egyptian nationals now in the UAE to return home. The special flights will operate from Sharjah International Airport to Cairo International Airport and Borg El Arab International Airport, Alexandria, from 11th to 16th June, 2020. Flights […]

Sharjah Media City (Shams) and Mashreq Bank, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, have announced a strategic partnership to boost entrepreneurship and support business owners in Sharjah. The two entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will solidify this collaboration and enable Shams to leverage Mashreq’s banking expertise. As part of […]

The decisive stages the competitions of the “Superhero Campaign”, organized by Friends of Diabetes Association, one of the health-promoting organizations under the Health Promotion Department of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, showed the remarkable increase in the skilled students who take part in the various categories of the contest, something that sparked […]

The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry, SCCI, represented by the Sharjah Excellence Award Office, organized recentlyan online workshop entitled ‘the global assessment principles adopted by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM)”. The workshop comes as part of the training programs organized by the secretariat of the Sharjah Excellence Award before the new edition […]

A company operating the strategic wastewater treatment assets in Sharjah is planning to double its treatment capacity by 2022, a senior executive told Emirates News Agency, WAM. “Today, we are focusing on expanding our wastewater treatment capacity. We target to double it by 2022 in order to cope with the increased population in Sharjah,” said Gurvan Dersel, General […]

Continuing to deliver on its promise to bring the magic of cinema to young generations during the #StayHome period in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFF) has announced a new batch of nine international films from eight countries available for free streaming on its […]

The Sharjah Airport Authority, SAA, has welcomed the decision of government agencies to open airports for transit flights, indicating that this decision is a step in the right direction, and comes within the policy of progressive economic openness that the UAE has committed to. In conjunction with Sharjah Airport’s announcement of its full readiness for […]