Young boys and girls and their parents and teachers visiting the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) are being sensitised and empowered by UAE-based civil society organisation Friends Of Cancer Patients (FOCP) to identify seven common symptoms for early detection of cancer amongst children. These include pallor, bruising or bleeding, general bone pain; lumps or swelling […]

Scores of students learned how to ‘train their brain’, theme for this year’s Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) taking place at the Sharjah Expo Centre until May 14, using yoga and breathing techniques as part of a workshop by Indian author Yamini Muthanna. The hour-long session saw Muthanna, who specialises in Vinyasa Yoga – a […]

The Robotics Corner at the on-going 14th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2023) hosted a group of young science enthusiasts for an exciting and inspiring simulation session titled ‘Astronauts Training with Minecraft’, aimed at fostering love of space exploration in children. Delivered in a unique and immersive way for the young attendees to […]

The Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah) has emphasised to businesses, countries and regions represented at the 12th Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) that with impressive advancements in diversity, innovation and advancement across traditional, emerging and talent-based economic sectors, Sharjah is continuing its role as a regional powerhouse committed to empowering the global economy. Seven key […]

Young UAE schoolers enjoyed a fun, musical start to their week at the ongoing Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2023), at a harmonica workshop, which taught more than 30 young pupils the basics of using the free wind instrument, which has shaped the popular musical genres of blues, jazz, country and rock. Led by expert […]

In a captivating display of commitment to safeguarding the welfare of young ones, the Child Safety Department (CSD), affiliated with the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, has curated a delightful assortment of edutainment activities at its interactive stand, tailored to augment awareness on child safety in an attractive way, for attendees of the […]

Print books or audiobooks? This has been a hotly debated topic for years and was up for debate at the 14th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival taking place at Expo Centre. Publishing industry stalwarts and an audiobook narrator discussed the merits of one over the other, whether audiobooks are more appealing to younger generations and how […]

The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) are honouring their counterparts, the Korean Board on Books for Young People (KBBY) as Guest of Honour at the 14th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, to strengthen cultural bonds and build communication bridges with cultures around the world. The UAEBBY’s ‘Guest of Honour’ initiative was launched in […]

The seventh annual edition of the Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support (SIARA) 2023, closed entries a few months ago, and after completing the applications count, has announced that 423 entries were submitted from 41 countries across 4 continents. With a 135 percent increase in the number of entries compared to the previous […]

Children must learn to put together their own lunch boxes and imbibe a sense of responsibility, according to an organiser of the first-ever hands-on workshops space at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF)’s popular Cookery Corner. A group of enthusiastic kindergarten pupils learnt how to make baked spaghetti cupcakes at the exclusive makers workshop, to […]