Sharjah Media City (Shams) has launched its web-based panel discussion series Shams Talks, an interactive digital initiative that aims to tackle issues and topics of interest in an effort to advance the media sector, educate entrepreneurs and professionals in various industries, and allow them to benefit from international best practices and success stories. The initiative […]

Misako Rocks, a Japanese manga artist based in Brooklyn, New York, led young children into the expressive universe of manga at the 12th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, through a step-by-step interactive workshop. Misako, a comic artist and writer and illustrator of children’s books, focused on basic manga art techniques of sketching characters […]

An exciting workshop tailored specifically to teach participants how they can develop a Mobile App was held in the Social Media Café at the ongoing 12th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, the region’s largest literary and cultural festival for children. With the aim to empower both children and adults with a basic understanding about […]

How can authors create books to promote critical thinking, learning and creativity in children? This all-important topic was at the heart of a Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2021) Cultural Forum discussion. “An inspirational book is one that excites and ignites the mind of a child,” said Jordanian author Fida Al-Zamr, one of the participating […]

The integral role of the visual narrative in storytelling and enhancing a child’s sense of wonder takes the spotlight at the 12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival currently on at Expo Centre Sharjah where artists and illustrators from 50 countries are exhibiting 395 works at the Sharjah Children’s Book Illustration Exhibition, running alongside the main event. […]

Bodour Al Qasimi, President of the International Publishers Association (IPA) and Founder and CEO of the UAE-based Kalimat Group (KG), has announced that the sales proceeds of her latest work in children’s literature titled “World Book Capital” will be furthered to libraries and cultural and educational institutions in Gaza, Palestine. The announcement was made by […]

Who loves the bad guys? Not everybody cares only for the superhero; villains too seem to have a fair share of fans – especially amongst the 7 to 11-year-old visitors at the ongoing 12th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival who have been queueing up for the popular ‘Villain Character Building’ workshop at the […]

Sharjah’s integrated child-friendly approach to urban planning was showcased to a virtual global audience last week at the sixth edition of Biennale Spazio Pubblico 2021 recently held under the theme, ‘Children and public space’. The three-day virtual event was broadcasted live from the Faculty of Architecture of the Roma-Tre University in Rome, Italy, and was […]

Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has taken an innovative approach to connecting to children and youth, who represent a substantial part of the emirate’s population, by curating and publishing a collection of short stories written by them. The book titled comprises 16 short stories by young authors describing the department’s activities from […]