DUBAI / WAM The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai (IACAD) announced that 2,109 tonnes of used clothes worth AED9.6 million were donated as part of the Clothing Bank initiative in 2019. The IACAD aims to allocate all proceeds to support various charitable and humanitarian projects within and outside UAE. Ahmed Darwish Al Muhairi, Executive Director of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Policy Centre (EPC) ranked 6th in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region in the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania in January 2020, while the centre’s annual conference, “Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate”, also ranked 10th among the top best think-tank conferences worldwide. EPC President, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE entered the Guinness Book of World Records for holding world’s longest handshake on Wednesday. A human chain of 1,817 helped break the record during an event, titled “One World One Message” at Umm Al Emarat Park in Abu Dhabi. The initiative was launched by the Abu Dhabi Police’s Youth Council marking the first anniversary ...