A poetry reading event under the title ‘Poetry Hour’ saw the participation of a select group of Emirati poets at the library Image Credit: Supplied Dubai: Mohammed bin Rashid Library (MBRL) organised throughout the month of August a series of recreational and educational events that saw participation of around 500[…]
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Dr Saeed Mubarak bin Kharbash (right) from Dubai Culture and Dr Mohamed Kamel Gad from Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture and Heritage during the signing ceremony Image Credit: Supplied Dubai: Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) recently signed a cultural MoU (memorandum of understanding) with Juma Al Majid[…]
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Salem was also surprised and entertained by a special K9 show Image Credit: Supplied Dubai: Dubai Police recently surprised a 4-year-old Arab boy on his birthday by appointing him as a ‘police officer’ for one day and giving him a ride in one of the force’s luxury police patrols. The[…]
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PCR testing Image Credit: Shutterstock Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced the detection of 434 new coronavirus cases after conducting 242,769 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the UAE to[…]
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File photo of UAE flag at half-mast Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News archives Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Friday announced that flags in the public and private sectors in the country as well as its embassies abroad will fly at half-mast, starting today, for a period of three days, in[…]
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Diners at Off The Hook Seafood Restaurant in Manar Mall, Ras Al Khaimah, which was founded by the friends Image Credit: Supplied Dubai: They started as teammates and supporters at different sports tournaments across the UAE. Working in different fields – including accounting, nursing, business and human resources – their[…]
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Sharjah skyline Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News Dubai: Today’s weather will be sunny in the UAE. According to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), it is going to be sunny in general and partly cloudy at times Eastward. We can expect low clouds to appear over the Eastern coast by[…]
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Members of the Senior Leadership Team of GEMS Our Own Indian School in Dubai celebrate Thiruvonam on Thursday. Dubai: Kerala’s sadhya, the vegetarian feast spread on banana leaves, took over kitchens in homes, restaurants and five star hotels in the UAE as Malayali expats from the South Indian state celebrated[…]
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Dr Sonia Ben Jaafar, CEO, Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, presents the foundations work and achievements at a press conference on 8th September, 2022. Image Credit: Photo Clint Egbert/Gulf News Dubai: More than 67,000 students, including 18,000 from the UAE and Arab world last year, were supported by the[…]
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Have you seen Sheikh Hamdan’s one-word tweet? Image Credit: Twitter screenshot Dubai: Did you spot a single-word tweet by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, on Twitter on September 7? He tweeted the word: “Dubai”. The post[…]
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