The Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) opened the world’s first Islamic garden five years ago at Sharjah Desert Park. The Islamic Botanical Garden commemorates the occasion when Sharjah was named the Capital of Islamic Culture in 2014. It is a distinctive addition to Sharjah’s tourism sector and schools visit the garden so that students […]

Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has revealed that the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) Abu Dhabi has granted its members a discount of 50% on exhibition space rental fees and also offered full exemption for the agency fee, during the 29th edition of Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), running from 24th until 30th April. […]

Sharjah for Capability Development (SCD) has taken participants of the 11th annual Sharjah Leadership Programme (SLP) on site visits to a variety of UAE’s public and private sector entities. Through these, the Rubu’ Qarn Foundation for Creating Leaders and Innovators subsidiary aims to reinforce the Emirati youth’s capabilities, and help them achieve corporate excellence by […]

Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, inaugurated the debut edition of “Azyan” Exhibition and Conference at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre (JRCC), in Sharjah yesterday (Thursday). The beauty, fashion and wellness event will run till […]

Scores of children and parents are undertaking time travel at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF)’s ‘Back from the Future’ show. In this enthralling show, a crazy scientist and his friend who have invented a time machine, are taking festival visitors on their journeys through time. The twist in these travels is introduced by a […]

Angelica Klien and Doris Leung are on a mission to change the world – the urban world at the very least. They are members of the Hong Kong-based Rooftop Republic, a social enterprise that creates farming space for vegetables, herbs and fruit on roof terraces around the city. Klein and Leung are armed with seeds […]

Returning recently from Africa, after a scientific trip, was Italian author Elisabetta Dami at the 11th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), who is the creator behind the widely popular fictional mouse series, Geronimo Stilton. Seeking inspiration for the subject of her next book, after a close encounter with gorillas and elephants in Africa […]

Can a Viking be polite? Highly improbable, most of us would say. Not for renowned Scottish children’s author, David Macphail, who has nudged young students visiting Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2019), to see the plundering and dangerous Norse seafarers in an entirely different light. ‘Thorfinn’, the central character in his popular children’s book series, […]

Arya Ajay Vyas, is a 12-year-old popular YouTuber with a channel called ‘Wish Big’. A student of Mayoor Private School in Dubai, she also credited for a blog. Taking the stage of the Creative Kids Café on day 2 of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) 2019, Arya revealed how her passion for reading and creativity […]

The second edition of the Badiri Social Entrepreneurship Programme (BSEP), recently saw its 17 selected participants – all UAE-based women in pursuit of establishing socially impactful and innovative businesses, taking a field trip to India, from April 1–5, 2019. India was the chosen destination, as the country’s culture of social entrepreneurship has created a positive […]