There are few start-up success stories that resonate in the region like Careem, which started in the UAE nine years ago and grew so huge that it was acquired by Uber for $3.1 billion in 2019, making it the first ‘unicorn’ in the Middle East. Its massive success served as a springboard for new entrepreneurial […]

Egyptian adventurers and athletes Omar Samra and Omar Nour offered a lot of inspiration and food for thought to current and future entrepreneurs today (Monday) on the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF 2021) stage, as they drew fascinating parallels between their transformational, life-changing experience rowing across the Atlantic Ocean to the journey of entrepreneurship. Speaking as […]

AXIS Dance Company, one of the USA’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled and non-disabled performers,took to the stage last night at Sharjah Performing Arts Academy (SPAA). Under the artistic direction of celebrated international choreographers and directors Marc Brew and Nadia Adame,AXIS mesmerised SPAA’s audience with its theatrical storytelling, grace and endurance. Striking, beautiful and emotionally […]

Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), has announced that the iconic House of Wisdom has bagged three awards for excellence in design at the seventh annual identity Design Awards held at the Address Beach Resort in Dubai recently. Developed by Shurooq and designed by international architecture firm Foster + Partners, the House of Wisdom won the […]

under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah, Chairman of Sharjah Media Council, Sharjah Media City (Shams) organized ‘Shams Business Matching’ today. The event was held at the Shams headquarters aimed at promoting the services delivered by companies registered in the Free Zone and […]

A transformational experience awaits attendees at the 5th edition of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF), which kickstart on Monday November 22 until November 23 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Look forward to 10 inspiring sessions led by some of the most sought-after names in productivity, personal growth and physical performance, courtesy of Mindvalley. Mindvalley, the world’s […]

The second edition of the Child Safety Forum, organised by the Child Safety Department (CSD), an affiliate of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah (SCFA), opened on Wednesday morning with Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of SCFA, asserting that the “family is the compass guiding Sharjah’s journey of development […]

Just ahead of the World Children’s Day, a day marked annually on November 20 to promote international togetherness on improving children’s welfare, the emirate of Sharjah has reaffirmed its commitment to this common global goal and done the UAE proud by winning the prestigious UNICEF Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) Inspire Award for the second […]

The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival – organised annually by the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), has emerged as a game-changing catalyst in shaping the entrepreneurial mindset of the next generation of changemakers in the region. Since 2017, the vibrant, holistic programming of SEF has inspired a community of 13,000 innovators, and boosted the confidence of 94 percent […]

As the country gears up to celebrate the golden jubilee of the nation’s founding, the Sharjah National Day Celebrations Committee has announced a gala event to take the celebrations to greater hieghts–a joint concert by Emirati singing superstarsBalqees and Fayez Al Saeed atKhorfakkan Amphitheatre on December 1. The proceeds from the concert will be donated to […]