Palestinian pottery sees revival in war-ravaged Gaza
Deir el-Balah, Palestinian Territories - Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to...
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Camel beauty contest season gets underway in Abu Dhabi
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16th Al Dhafra Festival to launch Sunday
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Saudi Arabia submits official bid to host FIFA World Cup 2034 after successful Qatar event in 2022
The next steps include official visits by FIFA and a comprehensive evaluation of the bid.
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Sharjah Public Library director elected to IFLA’s MENA committee
Bushulaibi will represent regional interests at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions She will work with the other...
Abu Dhabi to build museums in a $6 billion spending spree on culture
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MAKTABA celebrates winners of ‘Little Writer in the Big Book’ contest
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Abu Dhabi book fair sales rise 20%
This was the 30th edition of the book fair The 2020 edition of the fair was not held due to...
Abu Dhabi Book Fair to digitize Arabic prose in audiobooks
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UNESCO, World Bank partner to enable cultural, creative activities in cities
The creative economy is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the world economy Cultural, creative industries contribute annual global revenues...
$2.25trn creative sector that employs 30m worldwide needs help: UN
The creative and cultural industry needs more support as it has been of great service during the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Palestinian pottery sees revival in war-ravaged Gaza
Deir el-Balah, Palestinian Territories - Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to...
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Iraq displays Italy returned ancient stone tablet
The tablet- whose text is written in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet- bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king...
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‘UAE is all for gender equality, women empowerment’
"We firmly believe that the full, equal and meaningful participation and inclusion of women across society is essential for achieving...
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar sign MoU to enhance cultural cooperation
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AI meets VR to keep Holocaust memory alive
Through AI, users of a VR headset can have a "conversation" with Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher, asking about her encounters...
- The project is a collaboration between Los Angeles-based company StoryFile, the World Jewish Congress and Facebook-owner Meta,
- StoryFile co-founder Stephen Smith, who has worked in Holocaust education, said the technology allows users to "talk to history through the people who went through it".
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Ronaldo puts swagger in Saudi football
Al Nassr forward's first season in the kingdom ended with a whimper, but Saudi football has never enjoyed such attention.
- Al Nassr's Twitter followers have jumped from 800,000 to more than four million and swelled from two million to 14 million-plus on Instagram.
- Ronaldo has pledged to stay in Saudi next year and backed the Saudi league to eventually become one of the world's top five.
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Jordanian-Saudi royal wedding marks historic union
The couple exchanged their vows in a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony called "katb al-ketab" in an open-air gazebo adorned with...
- The couple exchanged their vows in a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony called "katb al-ketab" in an open-air gazebo adorned with flowers
- The bride, adorned in an exquisite white dress designed by Lebanese designer Elie Saab, arrived at Zahran Palace in a 1968 Rolls-Royce Phantom V