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Turning the pages of history

    Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Nestled in the hustle-bustle of the ongoing Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), a wood-designed pavilion hogged much of the limelight with the superlatives of rare books collected from across the globe. From the first edition of the first scientific description of ancient and modern Egypt, to the only surviving leaflet of one ...

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Encouraging the art of reading

  Emirates Business Student visitors at the 26th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) made a major footfall. Various exhibitors at the event provided backpack containing essential publications as part of its initiatives to encourage reading and boost the fair’s role as an international platform to strengthen cultural dialogue in the community. Considering the importance of reading, one of the ...

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A corner of ‘inner peace’ at ADBIF

  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business On the eventful last day of Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2016, at the creativity corner, a bunch of Grade 2 kids were found busy learning yoga and stress busting techniques. After a long and excitement filled walk across the fair, picking dozens of books as their summer pleasure read, children from various schools ...

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Giving life to Emirati Cinema

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The Black Box Cinema project by Emirati filmmaker, Nawaf Al Janahi, was one of the main highlights of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. The cinema programme featured the Emirati and Arabic films along with a platform to discuss the local cinema movement and other professional aspects in the world of filmmaking. One of ...

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ADEC gets excellence award

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Education Council(ADEC) become the first government entity to receive an International Certificate on Procurement, Platinum Level, from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, CIPS, in the UK, in recognition of the excellent practices in procurement processes and strategic supply’s. This international certificate is granted to corporates and organisations that have been able ...

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Culture key benchmark for development

Abu Dhabi / WAM Culture has been and will remain the key benchmark for the development and progress of nations, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, affirmed while receiving winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) 2016 at Al Bahr Palace on Monday. ”We, ...

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Mohamed meets Islamic scholars

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received at Al Bahr Palace members of the Board of Trustees of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, accompanied by 19 male and female students of the Programme for Emirati Scholars and ...

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Etihad introduces A380 service to India

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, introduced Mumbai to its Airbus A380 network with the launch of daily scheduled flights featuring its award-winning The Residence – the world’s first three-room suite on a commercial airliner. Flight EY204 from Abu Dhabi landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on Sunday ...

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ADM completes 90% of Onwani project in Abu Dhabi

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport, represented by of Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) installed more than 68,696 of columns, columns foundations and signboards of Onwani project in Abu Dhabi, achieving a completion rate of 90%. As many as 1,283 street names were approved out of 6,739 streets in total, which equals 19%; ...

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Dar Al Ber spent AED629mn in 36 yrs

  Dubai / WAM Dar Al Ber Society spent over AED 629.2 million on social service projects, benefitting 202,075 disadvantaged families from across the UAE, since its inception in 1979. The list of beneficiaries over the last 36 years included more than 1.52 million poor, indigent and low-income people from different nationalities and ages, according to a top official. Khalifa Khalfan ...

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