Sharjah / Emirates Business Over 3,100 participants from 137 countries, including the Sharjah Libraries delegation from Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), attended the 82nd IFLA World Library and Information Congress (IFLA WLIC) — the annual flagship conference of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) — held in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Over the course of its visit, the Sharjah Libraries …

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The judging panel for the 8th edition of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature, which will be announced on November 2, has been approved and appointed by the award’s management. Organised by the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY), and sponsored by the Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (Etisalat Group), the jury comprises five …

  DPA Joern and Tammo Glaeser are out on a shoot – taking still photos, film and drone footage. Judging by their equipment, anyone might think they were making a music video. But the brothers’ cameras are trained not on a pop star, but on a tractor with a short disc harrow. “This is a Fendt 939 Vario, only just …