April, 2018

• 4 April

  Birmingham Qur’an reach Dubai on April 19

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The University of Birmingham continues the UAE tour of its major interactive digital exhibition telling the fascinating story of the Birmingham Qur’an. The exhibition comes to Dubai for the first time at Dubai Design District (d3) from April 19 to May 3. One of the oldest surviving Islamic manuscripts, the Birmingham Qur’an is considered a global ...

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• 4 April

  Smart Dubai’s ‘EDAAD’ initiative to train new Emirati employees

  

  DUBAI / WAM Pursuing its goal to establish a generation of highly qualified Emirati technicians, Smart Dubai has launched its ‘EDAAD’ training programme. EDAAD aims to ready new Emirati graduates to work with the Smart Dubai office by matching the gold standard output of the country’s tertiary education facilities with the premium quality of its human resources sector. Through EDAAD, ...

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• 4 April

  Mohammed honours winners of Arab Journalism Award

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday honoured the winners of the 17th Arab Journalism Award at a ceremony held at the conclusion of the Arab Media Forum (AMF), 2018. HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh ...

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• 4 April

  Etisalat launches unlimited roaming pack for Saudi

  

  Abu DHABI / Emirates Business Etisalat on Wednesday announced the launch of a roaming pack exclusively for its mobile post-paid and prepaid customers, offering unlimited data and voice roaming for AED400 per week. The new Saudi unlimited pack, valid for 7 days, offers value for money with bigger savings on calls and data usage due to very high data and ...

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• 4 April

  Sharjah, UAQ, RAK Rulers accept condolences on death of Sheikh Ahmed Al Qasimi

  Sharjah / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, HH Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, and HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, this morning accepted condolences on the death of Sheikh Ahmed ...

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• 4 April

  Emirates NBD receives four awards at The Asian Banker

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates NBD has won four awards at The Asian Banker’s for international excellence in retail financial services, which was held in Malaysia. Emirates NBD won the ‘Best Retail Bank in the Middle East’ and ‘Best Retail Bank in the UAE’ awards, while Liv., Emirates NBD’s digital lifestyle bank for millennials was recognised as the ‘Best Digital ...

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• 4 April

  Children to get more protection against violence, abuse in UAE

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), agreed to focus more on providing children with protection against maltreatment, violence and abuse. In their consultative meeting, held on Wednesday at the Headquarters of the UAE General Women’s Union (GWU), the two parts reviewed the UNICEF Country Programmes of ...

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• 4 April

  AMF discusses media coverage of Jerusalem

  Dubai / WAM On the second day of the Arab Media Forum (AMF) proceedings, a session entitled ‘Jerusalem at the Heart of Media’ was held, where Arab media representatives discussed the situation in Jerusalem, especially after the recent US decision to consider the city as the capital of Israel and its implications on the peace process. The session, moderated by journalist ...

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• 4 April

  Google to train 4,000 journalists in MENA

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The newly launched Google News Initiative together with Google News Lab will offer free training to 4,000 journalists in the Middle East and North Africa region to help journalists advance their editorial, research, writing, fact-checking and editing skills, over the next 12 months, a senior Google official told delegates at the Arab Media Forum. “We have ...

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• 4 April

  Abu Dhabi to host world’s largest cultural summit on Apr 8

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Seeking to forge cultural solutions for today’s global challenges, delegates from more than 80 countries will attend CultureSummit 2018 in Abu Dhabi on April 8, making it the largest global gathering of top government officials, philanthropists, arts administrators, business leaders, technologists and artists in the world. The summit’s action-driven programme of expert panels, discussions and workshops ...

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