The Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFF) has announced a new batch of nine international movies from seven countriesavailable for free streaming on its website www.siff.ae until the end of May. The online streaming platform emphasises SIFF’s commitment to bring the magic of cinema to young generations during the #StayHome period in […]

The Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone) has announced the completion of development works on“U2 Area”, a new dedicated district for stores and warehouses. The “U2” area features 70 world-class and mergeable stores with each of which spreading over an area of 600 square meters. They were designed this way to enhance the absorptive capacity […]

The Sharjah Consultative Council, SCC, represented by the Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee, launched today the emirate’s first media campaign. The campaign aims to shed light on Sharjah government’s economic stimulus package to support the public and private sectors, business sector, and the individuals and the role of this package in business sustainability, ventures, […]

The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY)’s ‘Read. Dream. Create’ campaign, has launched a live storytelling extravaganza just for children on its social media platforms. Several eminent authors specialising in children’s literature will be reading a variety of children’s books at these special sessions designed to instill a love of books and literature […]

The Child Safety Department (CSD), an affiliate of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA) in Sharjah, has launched an interactive Ramadan e-Booklet in both Arabic and English to assist parents who want to do a perfect job with organising their children’s tasks, home responsibilities, leisure time, whilst also encouraging them to learn positive behaviours. […]

Dubai Media City’s business partners united to send the nation an important message of hope by asking everyone to stay home, stay safe and stay positive. Key media outlets such as CNN, CNBC, Dubai Media Incorporated, Al Roeya, Al Aan TV and Arabian Radio Network all came together amplifying the vital role the media is […]

A record 8,030 new users from 55 countries have accessed to the Sharjah Public Library (SPL)’s free ‘Digital Library’ in less than two months, carrying out over 32,114 online transactions since the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) affiliate announced in March that people worldwide will enjoy free access to its 6 million eBooks and electronic resources […]

The Sharjah Child Friendly Office (SCFO) recently hosted a meeting of the Executive Committee of the ‘Sharjah Child Friendly City’ project, to discuss children’s rights to emotional, health and education support in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic. The meeting exploredhow institutional efforts and initiatives in the emirate are supporting children and families in […]

The Friends of Diabetes Association, one of the health-promoting organizations under the Health Promotion Department of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, has recently launched the 2nd phase of the annual campaign “Superhero”. The Superhero Campaign is organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Sharjah Education Council, and with the support […]

Iraqi photographers from the city of Basra have dominated Xposure International Photography Festival’s #HomeCaptured contest, now in its third week, as Ahmed Lazem took home the first prize of US$ 1,000 while Saad Al Hamady claimed the runner-up position, winning US$ 750. Ahmed Lazem’s winning entry, ‘My Birdie, depicts a young boy with his pet […]