Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 8:59 am

SCRF reveals science’s cool side with floating Ping Pong balls, catapults and egg drops

Science is cool – that’s the message that’s being shared at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2016, currently underway at the Expo Centre Sharjah.    Organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) and running over 11 days until April 30, the festival is...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 7:24 am

Ethica Wins Award in Islamic Finance Education

Capital Finance International in the UK has awarded Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance in Dubaiwith the Best Online Islamic Finance Education Provider Global Award. In recent months Ethica has also received 'Islamic Finance Education Provider of the Year' from The European...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 6:50 am

Real world vs fantasy world, Authors share their views at the SCRF

The content of children’s stories between reality and fantasy was discussed on Saturday in a seminar held on the sidelines of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival.     Russell Molina, a Filipino children’s book author who has written nearly 20 books, says that...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 24 April, 2016 6:07 pm

Kalimat Wins Arab Children's Book Publisher's Forum Award

‘Turn off the Lights,’ a title published by Kalimat House - an imprint of Kalimat Group that is dedicated to publishing and distributing Arabic printed and electronic books for children - has won the third Arab Children's Book Publisher's Forum Award in the ‘Best...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 24 April, 2016 3:28 pm

Sultan Al Qasimi Enriches Sharjahs’ Libraries with Books worth AED 2.5 Million

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed the allocation of AED 2.5 million worth of books to enrich Sharjah’s public, school and university libraries. The initiative, which will significantly expand the number of...

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Culture & Education | Friday 22 April, 2016 3:14 pm

Bodour Al Qasimi Launches Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment

Coinciding with World Book Day (WBD), Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Group, yesterday launched the Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing books and reading material to children and in underprivileged...

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Culture & Education | Friday 22 April, 2016 4:56 am

Festival of Media MENA crowns winners in spectacular closing ceremony at the MusicHall Dubai

The second edition of the Festival of Media MENA Awards drew to a spectacular close at the MusicHall Palm Jumeirah on April 20. The event, which was organized by Mediaquest and C Squared, saw media anchors and senior-level executives from the world's biggest brands, marketing and media agencies ...

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Culture & Education | Friday 22 April, 2016 4:11 am

Civil Defense Sector launches the ‘I Read’ Initiative

The General Directorate of Resources and Support Services at the Civil Defense General Headquarters at the Ministry of Interior launched an initiative titled ‘I Read’. The initiative aims at instilling the culture of reading and knowledge diversity amongst staff members at the Civil...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 21 April, 2016 3:22 pm

Al Noor Training Centre for Persons with Disabilities renews its partnership with Samsung

Al Noor Training Centre for Persons with Disabilities in partnership with Samsung Gulf Electronics will introduce the Samsung Smart Classroom Solution to two additional classrooms following the success of the program launch in 2014.   Samsung has provided Al Noor with various mobile...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 21 April, 2016 2:38 am

SCRF 2016Teaches Children the Importance of Nutrition and a Healthy Diet

The importance of a healthy diet in shaping children’s development was the focus of a workshop at the first day of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), which is currently underway at Sharjah Expo Centre. Titled ‘Healthy Wealthy,’ the nutrition-focused activity was ...

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