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  Dubai / WAM Noor Awqaf, a joint venture between Noor Investment Group (NIG) and Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) was honoured as winner of the “Waqf and Endowments” category at the 2016 Islamic Economy Awards. Tayeb Abdulrahman Al-Rais, Secretary-General of the Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation, received the award on behalf of Noor Awqaf. Speaking about the win, Ehsaan Ahmed, ...

  Sharjah / WAM More than 1.5 million books from 1,420 publishing houses in 60 countries will be on display throughout the 11 days of this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF). The details of the 35th edition of the region’s foremost literary event and the world’s third largest book fair, which takes place from November 2-12 in Sharjah, were revealed ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Properties on Monday announced the new release of units in DAMAC Maison Privé, waterfront hotel apartments in the Burj area with direct views of Business Bay’s marina. The leading luxury real estate developer is providing the opportunity for investors to own a luxury hotel apartment with superior services, presenting both an ideal vacation home ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business CMCS, the leading in Project Management Information Systems, has announced that Dubai Parks and Resorts, the region’s largest integrated theme park destination, has deployed its PMWeb web-based project control system. The solution is a part of CMCS’ Project Management Information Solution Practice that offers organizations a single platform to manage, control and report on their ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Private sector companies in Dubai experienced another strong improvement in business conditions during September. This was highlighted by the seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index posting 55.1, down fractionally from 55.7 in August but still well above the 50.0 no-change threshold. On average in the third quarter of 2016, the headline index signalled ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, announced the launch of its ‘Reading Box’ initiative that hold its first event at The Dubai Mall. This interactive public initiative will run across Dubai from October 11 – 24 in support of the UAE Government’s Year of Reading ...

  Emirates Business DarkMatter, an international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, announces that its cyber governance and risk expert, Harshul Joshi, will participate in a Dubai Future Accelerators panel discussion entitled, “Cybersecurity in a Smart City”. The session will take place from 7-8pm on October 12 at the Dubai Future Accelerators auditorium in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers offices. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business A majority of the accidents in the workplace are caused due to either a poorly trained or supervised workforce or badly-equipped workers, according to a senior Dubai Municipality official, who was speaking at the recent BOHS Worker Health Protection Conference held in Abu Dhabi recently. Raed Al Marzouqi, Head of Occupational Health and Safety at ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, ADX, has climbed 0.12 percent in September to reach 4476 and become the second growing index in the GCC after Bahrain. The retail sector gained 6.15 percent, followed by telecommunications, 1.27 percent and the banking sector 0.67 percent. The services sector has declined by 7.94 percent, and the industry sector by ...

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Airline and Google have launched the ‘Celebrating Arabic Reading’ initiative throughout October in a collaboration designed to reach millions of smartphone users in the region, and support the UAE’s Year of Reading, a national move spearheaded by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The ...