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DUBAI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the third edition of the 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025 is set to commence on  January 11 2025. The summit, the world’s first and largest event dedicated to shaping the content creation economy, is organised by the UAE Government ...

DUBAI/WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), welcomed Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, CEO of Expo City Dubai Authority, to discuss ways to strengthen strategic collaboration in clean energy and sustainability. The meeting explored expanding collaboration to broader horizons, leveraging DEWA’s expertise in delivering world-class services and adopting global best practices to ...

DUBAI / GULF TIME Dubai Culture has launched Dubai Art Season 2025 under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. The season, which began on January 4 and runs until April 20, 2025, carries the theme ‘Take a Walk on the Art Side.’ It encompasses various initiatives, ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), inaugurated the fourth edition of the ‘Al Marmoom: Film in the Desert’ festival. Organised by Dubai Culture in the Al Marmoom Desert Reserve, the event seeks to advance the local film industry by providing an innovative platform that ...

DUBAI / DUBAI MEDIA OFFICE DP World has achieved a historic milestone, surpassing 100 million TEUs of container handling capacity across its global portfolio since inception. The achievement is a testament to over $11 billion in strategic investments and infrastructure development over the last decade. It puts DP World at the forefront of global trade, allowing the Dubai-based company to ...

ABU DHABI / AD MEDIA OFFICE The eighth edition of MOTN Festival wrapped up its largest season, with more than 259,000 visitors attending across Al Dhafra, Al Ain, and Abu Dhabi Corniche from November 28 to December 31 2024. This year’s MOTN Festival, held under the theme Out of This World, featured various rides, engaging entertainment, diverse culinary cuisines and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed the longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2025 prize. The longlist has been chosen from a total of 124 submissions by a panel of five judges chaired by Egyptian academic Mona Baker. Joining her on the panel are Moroccan academic and critic Said Bengrad, Emirati ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Consultative Council is set to convene its seventh session on Thursday. The session, part of the council’s activities for the second ordinary session of the eleventh legislative term, will be held at its headquarters in Sharjah under the chairmanship of Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, the council’s Chairman. Following the ratification of the minutes from ...

SHARJAH / WAM His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council, presided over a meeting of the council, on Tuesday, at the Ruler’s office. In attendance were HH Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Deputy Chairman of the ...

SHARJAH/WAM His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated the 21st edition of the Sharjah Arabic Poetry Festival on Monday evening. The festival, scheduled from January 6 to 12, brings together more than 70 poets, critics, and media professionals from various parts of the Arab world. The event commenced at the ...