The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has announced the launch of an Educational Publishing Seminar in cooperation with UAE’s Ministry of Education (MoE) and International Publishers Association (IPA). The debut edition is slated to take place on 28 – 29 October 2019, at Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPCFZ). The seminar will turn the spotlight on […]

The Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development in Sharjah (DSCD) launched the 2019 version of ‘Tahdeeth’, a project to provide accurate and updated data on the standards of living of citizens in the Emirate including, married couples and their children, orphans, , widows, divorced women, people with disabilities,  the elderly, childless married women, housing […]

There was a huge turnout of readers for the Book Talks session, organised by Al Rawi Cultural Café in cooperation with Sharjah World Book Capital (SWBC) Office. The event featured Kuwaiti novelist, journalist and winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arabic Booker) Saud Alsanousi, who discussed his works, including his latest book, Naqah Saleha. […]

Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPCFZ), the world’s first publishing and printing free zone, has showcased its unique services and facilities aimed at supporting and advancing the publishing sector, to Spanish publishers and authors at the 37th edition of the LIBER International Book Fair-Madrid 2019, where Sharjah is the Guest of Honour. SPC- Free Zone, […]

Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) organised a seminar titled ‘Contemporary Challenges to Culture and Intellectuals Worldwide’, in Biblioteca Nacional de España – Spain’s largest public library – on Friday, as part of Sharjah’s participation at in LIBER International Book Fair-Madrid 2019 as its guest of honour. The session brought together writers Fathia Al Nemer and Nadia […]

The Board of Trustees of the Sharjah Excellence Award, one of the initiatives of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), has recently held a meeting to discuss ongoing preparations for the award’s fourth edition 2019 as well as the action plan of activities done during the second and third quarters of this year. […]

The seventh edition of the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFF) 2019, being organised by FUNN, the Sharjah-based organisation that promotes media arts learning among children and youth, will kick off Tomorrow (Sunday, October 13, 2019). It will run till October 18 with 132 films from 39 countries being screened at Al […]

Emirati artist and critic Ali Al Abdan has stressed that His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has been committed to ensure that Sharjah’s urban development is firmly rooted in, and an extension of, the Arab and Islamic architectural aesthetics that exist worldwide. He […]

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, visited the El Escorial Library, St. Jerome Royal Church (or Hieronymus Monastery), several museums, monasteries and other historical buildings in Madrid, Spain, on October 10, 2019. Once the historical residence of the King of Spain and known to house […]

The overwhelming presence of Arabic calligraphy on Spanish art and architecture were the focus of a panel discussion, ‘Presence of Arabic Calligraphy in Spanish architecture and Fine Arts’ organised yesterday (Wednesday) by Sharjah, the Guest of Honour of the 37th edition of the LIBER International Book Fair-Madrid 2019. The insightful discussion was led by Emirati […]