Abu Dhabi / WAM The five-day long Culture Summit 2017 held at Manarat Al Saadiyat, the Cultural District of Abu Dhabi, under the theme, “The Creative Mind of the Connected World: Culture as a Change Agent in the Digital Age,” concluded on Thursday, with an emphasis on influential role of culture and arts in tackling socioeconomic and political challenges. The …

  New York / AP Miss Kindergarten is in the million-dollar club. So are Lovin Lit, the Moffatt Girls and about a dozen other teacher-entrepreneurs who are spinning reading, math, science and social studies into gold by selling their lesson plans online to fellow teachers around the world. Despite worries from some educators, such online marketplaces are booming, driven by rising …

  Dubai / WAM The Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Centre (HHC) will hold its third joint workshop with the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai, from April, 16-20. Similar to the past two joint workshops with the UNESCO, HHC seeks to move forth …