Culture & Education | Tuesday 4 February, 2020 11:00 am

Bocelli Returned to Serenade AlUla During Winter at Tontora Festival

World-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli performed at Maraya Concert Hall this weekend during the Winter At Tantora Festival in AlUla. The festival is organised by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and offers a variety of cultural and artistic events inspired by AlUla's heritage which dates back...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 4 February, 2020 4:38 am

Five Student Projects Turn Heads at Abu Dhabi Municipality Innovation Nation Activities

Zayed University students participated in the "Innovation Nation" activities, which was organized by the Abu Dhabi City Municipality for the UAE Innovation Month, which comes in line with the UAE's strategy to prepare a new generation of talents as it transitions into a competitive...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 4 February, 2020 2:15 am

Sky News Arabia Launches ‘Search for a Star’ Campaign to Recruit New Faces

Sky News Arabia has recently launched an innovative campaign entitled ‘Search for a Star’ to identify and train talented young Arab students looking to enter the world of media.  The campaign is held in collaboration with 15 universities in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt...

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Culture & Education | Monday 3 February, 2020 9:25 am

Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates 2020 concludes in Saudi Arabia's AlUla

The Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates concluded on Saturday in AlUla, in northwest Saudi Arabia. Running for three days, the conference brought together 18 Nobel Laureates of peace, economics, literature, physics, chemistry, physiology and medicine. Other social and political leaders from 32...

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Culture & Education | Monday 3 February, 2020 2:31 am

House of Wisdom: Sharjah’s new cultural landmark

  A Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) project, House of Wisdom reimagines libraries for the 21st century, and is scheduled for public opening in April this year in Sharjah.     Boasting a built-up area of 12,000 square metres and characterised by...

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Culture & Education | Monday 3 February, 2020 1:13 am

Pearson hosts bilArabi education workshops to inspire a love of Arabic in the classroom

Pearson Middle East has recently concluded a series of educational workshops in Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah, focusing on innovative ways to inspire a love of the Arabic language in the classroom. With more than 150 educators who were part of the events including school owners, principals and...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 2 February, 2020 11:05 am

Saudi Arabia steps up school coronavirus safeguards

Educational facilities in Saudi Arabia have updated emergency procedures to counter the threat of coronavirus. Saudi Minister of Education, Hamad Al-Asheikh on Saturday instructed all education departments, universities and vocational training institutes to activate emergency plans as the number ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 2 February, 2020 9:57 am

SIKKA 2020; the flagship event of Dubai Art Season completes artist selection

Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), SIKKA Arts Festival is the Authority’s flagship initiative and a pillar event of Dubai Art Season. This year’s event is the 10th...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 2 February, 2020 4:42 am

AI and cybersecurity laboratories inaugurated at university in Dammam

The minister of education, Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Asheikh, inaugurated the laboratories of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity at the College of Computer Science and Information Technology at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Dammam on Saturday. The minister also inaugurated...

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Culture & Education | Friday 31 January, 2020 3:39 am

Bocelli Returns to AlUla for second Winter at Tantora Festival

For his second year running, International opera singer Andrea Bocelli will perform a grand musical concert at Maraya Concert Hall during the weekend of the Winter at Tantora Festival. The festival is organised by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and offers a variety of world heritage,...

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