Culture & Education | Saturday 20 June, 2020 3:14 pm

Dubai Culture supports #UnitedArtEmirates as part of its digital art campaign #CreateTogether

Following the success of #CreateTogether, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority’s digital art campaign to attract distinctive creative products from all over the Emirates, the Authority cooperated with ‘Art Painting Lab’ to support #UnitedArtEmirates, a grass-roots art initiative created to...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 20 June, 2020 1:52 pm

Plan launched to transform public libraries in Saudi Arabia

Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al-Saud has launched an initiative to develop public libraries under the management of the Libraries Authority. Through the initiative, the authority will seek to transform public libraries into platforms that bring together all forms of cultural ...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 20 June, 2020 2:14 am

Netflix releases a wide selection of critically acclaimed Arabic films

row on the service called “Arabic Nostalgia”. Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment service, is releasing a new catalogue of 44 movies blending iconic and Arabic contemporary films, including the works of notable  directors like Youssef Chahine, Youssry Nasrallah,...

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Culture & Education | Friday 19 June, 2020 7:05 am

Acting Minister of Media meets with editors-in-chief of local newspapers

Acting Minister of Media, Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi held a virtual meeting with the editors-in-chief of local newspapers.During the meeting, several media topics and ways of developing journalistic work were discussed, in addition to review of the developments of the media sector, digital...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 18 June, 2020 12:20 am

Arts and culture jobs in Saudi Arabia get official status in national first

More than 80 jobs in the arts and culture sector are to be given official occupational status in the Kingdom for the first time, a government minister has said. The announcement from Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan coincided with a virtual conference held on...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 17 June, 2020 2:51 pm

Abu Dhabi University sees highest number of remote applications for summer semester

Abu Dhabi University (ADU) announced receiving an unprecedented number of applications for its summer semester, set to run from 28 June to 20 August of the current academic year. Doors are still open for admissions and students have the opportunity to join an expanded portfolio of more than 50...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 17 June, 2020 5:29 am

Saudi Arabia releases cultural report

The Saudi Ministry of Culture has released its first Cultural Status Report, documenting the Kingdom’s achievements in various sectors. “We achieved many initiatives so far, and we have high hopes and ambitions for the future. Last year, intellectuals and artists have shared with us many...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 14 June, 2020 10:39 am

Ithra hosts Q&A with Idris Elba for aspiring Saudi actors, filmmakers

Award-winning British actor Idris Elba shared his experiences and advice in a Q&A session with Saudi actors and filmmakers trying to make their way into the growing field.The King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) held the first of its digital speaker series, “Ithra Talks,”...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 14 June, 2020 12:45 am

Arab Council for Childhood and Development chief calls for extra efforts to fight child labor

Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz, chairman of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, called for a doubling of efforts to combat child labor in light of serious economic and social challenges in the Arab region. He said in a statement on the World Day Against Child Labor that ...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 13 June, 2020 12:47 am

King Abdulaziz University launches MA in Theater Literature

King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah launched on Friday a Master of Arts in Theater Literature program at the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, inviting applications for the enrolment, which will be open from June 15 to June 25 and can be done through the Deanship of Graduate Studies...

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