Culture & Education | Monday 21 March, 2016 12:25 pm

Google celebrates Nizar Qabbani’s 93rd birthday in special series of Doodles

Google celebrated iconic Arab poet Nizar Qabbani’s 93rd birthday on Tuesday with a series of doodles which millions of Internet users in the region will see.    Four different doodles illustrate important periods in the poet’s lifetime during which he wrote some of his...

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Culture & Education | Monday 21 March, 2016 7:15 am

Riyadh Book Fair ‘received more than 376,000 visitors’

Over 376,000 people visited Riyadh International Book Fair 2016, which concluded Saturday, of whom two-thirds were females and children, according to sources at the fair media center. Among top visitors were President of Saudi Council for Tourism and National Heritage Prince Sultan bin Salman,...

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Culture & Education | Monday 21 March, 2016 7:13 am

United Nations names “Red,” from the Angry Birds movie as honorary ambassador for Green on the International Day of Happiness

Red, the starring animated character voiced by US star Jason Sudeikis in the upcoming “The Angry Birds Movie,” was named Honorary Ambassador for Green on the International Day of Happiness today at the United Nations.   The appointment of Red is part of the...

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Culture & Education | Monday 21 March, 2016 7:03 am

Minister says method of teaching has to change

Training teachers and boosting their skills will require great efforts and money and the existing training centers in the Kingdom are not capable of meeting this challenge, Education Minister Ahmed Al-Issa has said. “If we open opportunities for training outside the Kingdom, we cannot...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 17 March, 2016 2:47 pm

Egypt National Award Winner Revealed for the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards

Egyptian photographer Hady Geneidi (19) from Cairo is today named as the winner of Egypt National Award, part of world’s biggest photography competition, the Sony World Photography Awards.   Geneidi’s winning image, 'Break Through', was chosen as the single best...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 15 March, 2016 8:48 am

King Salman’s support for education highlighted

The Cabinet on Monday thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman for supporting education efforts in the Kingdom, including the inauguration of the Riyadh International Book Fair, which involves over 500 publishers with about 1.2 million titles. The Cabinet welcomed the recommendations...

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Culture & Education | Monday 14 March, 2016 12:00 pm

Northrop Grumman Launches Educational Tour Across Universities in Saudi Arabia

Northrop Grumman Saudi Arabia has launched its first educational tour in Saudi Arabia as part of its ongoing commitment to develop young students, increase awareness among students looking to major in scientific fields and transfer knowledge to society.     The first tour took place ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 3:00 pm

NEW ALLIANCES FORMED AT GESF 2016 TO TACKLE EDUCATION’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES

Three new international groups comprising experts from leading private businesses, academia, government and the third sector have been launched and met for the first time at the Global Education and Skills Forum 2016 (GESF) in Dubai as they began work on drawing up recommendations on how to address ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 8:59 am

King Salman Youth Center launches writing workshop

The King Salman Youth Center (KSYC) launched a workshop on Friday in the Saudi capital to help aspiring young authors understand the principles of writing.  “The workshop is considered a guide for those, especially the youth, interested in writing. For the first time they learned the...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 8:27 am

Solutions and issues in delivering large scale teacher development

Cambridge English Language Assessment attended the 22nd TESOL Arabia International Conference & Exhibition from 10 to 12 March 2016, in Dubai.   The conference attracted a large number of ELT professionals from within the UAE and across the region giving them a platform to...

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