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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi-based Sawab Centre, a joint UAE-US initiative to combat Daesh’s online propaganda and promote positive alternatives to extremism, on Tuesday announced the launch of a social media campaign to celebrate the shared heritage as well as the unique characteristics of countries of the Arab world. The three-day campaign will be conducted in Arabic on ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Organisations, countries, and established networks across the Middle East must work together to protect cultural heritage during armed conflicts, according to a leading member of the International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). Zaki Aslan, Director of ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah, said the preservation of heritage sites requires ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Airport FreeZone Authority (DAFZA) confirmed its intention to explore new opportunities for enhancing economic, commercial and investment ties with Germany investors. This falls under an ambitious marketing plan aimed at introducing the competitive advantages of the Freezone to the global business community and attracting direct foreign investments to further push national economic development ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Ministry of Community Development has launched ‘Masarrah’, a community card for Emirati citizens 60 years old and above, which offers them a variety of services and exclusive privileges. Masarrah – meaning ‘happiness’ in Arabic – has been issued in co-operation with several federal and local government entities as well as private sector agencies to ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai-based charity organisation, Dar Al Ber Society (DABS) carried out twelve thousand four hundred charitable, humanitarian and developmental projects in the first nine months of 2016. Among them, 3,629 projects were completed in the first quarter, 4,873 in the second, and 3,502 in the third quarter, benefitting thousands of people, according to a top official. Abdullah Ali ...

  Dubai / WAM Some 235 key decision makers and experts from the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were reunited with suppliers from across the globe at the 9th Hotelier Summit-UAE and KSA which opened today to provide a meeting platform for leading hotel owners, operators, developers, architects, interior designers, consultants and service providers in the hospitality industry. “The ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Morocco in Abu Dhabi is officially open for public, and is receiving significant interest from UAE residents, expats and visitors, who are flocking the event to see what the Moroccan talent has to offer, in a successful event being held for the second year running. This year’s edition is being held under the supervision ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Holograms, massive videoboards, and state-of-the-art audio and lighting displays will be among the audiovisual innovations set to make Expo 2020 in Dubai the world’s most technologically advanced event. The UAE is one of the fastest-growing professional audiovisual markets in one of the fastest-growing regions of the Middle East. The UAE’s professional audiovisual market is set ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD), announces that it has upgraded to the latest generation Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise communications solutions modernizing the government organization’s telephony and contact center infrastructure. The upgrade modernizes the government agency’s communication infrastructure by centralizing DLD’s telephony services and deploying a comprehensive contact center solution to deliver an enhanced user experience for its staff ...

  Abu Dhabi / emirates business Tadweer (The Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi) launched on Tuesday its policies, procedures and systems project at the Grand Millennium Al Wahda, Abu Dhabi. The event was attended by HE Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi, General Manager of Tadweer, departments’ directors and heads, Tadweer employees and media representatives. HE Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi, ...