DUBAI: Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has announced the ninth edition of the Reading Box, set to take place from 9th to 18th October at City Centre Mirdif. This event aims to expand the reading culture among children and adults, encouraging them to explore the world of books. It is part of Dubai […]
Dubai: Prepare to be mesmerized as Dubai welcomes the ‘Falcons of Poetry’ on September 9, 2023. A resplendent Mushaira, a gathering of poetic luminaries, is set to grace the heart of Dubai at the Pakistan Association Dubai Auditorium. This event promises an unforgettable evening of lyrical finesse, featuring celebrated Urdu poets from Pakistan and India. […]
GEMS Modern Academy hosted the region’s first French inter-school competition, La Fête de la Francophonie. Dubai: The month of March marks an annual international celebration of the French-speaking world. While the official Journée international de la Francophonie (International Francophonie Day) is celebrated on March 20, 2023, the entire month is devoted to exploring the cultural […]
Dubai: The 12th edition of ‘The Poetic Heart – Connecting Humanity’, an annual poetic symposium organized by SGI-Gulf is taking place on February 9 & 10, 2023 in Dubai. Serving as a platform for eminent local and international poets to recite their poetry, this unique cultural event encourages the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry […]
World: Remitly has revealed that becoming a professional poet is the ultimate career of choice for those living in the United Arab Emirates. The concept of a ‘job for life’ has changed dramatically in recent years, with new generations much more likely to seek a career switch and not ‘settle’ for a job role they […]
The 20th INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY KAVI SAMMELAN & MUSHAIRA will bring some of the most iconic stars together for the evening of Hindi and Urdu to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on the occasion of Indian Republic Day on 22nd January 2022 in Sheikh Rashid Auditorium, Dubai. Urdu and Hindi poetry lovers will witness the […]
When people think of artificial intelligence, the images that often come to mind are of the sinister robots that populate the worlds of “The Terminator,” “I, Robot,” “Westworld,” and “Blade Runner.” For many years, fiction has told us that AI is often used for evil rather than for good. But what we may not usually […]
Ameer Khusrau’s poetry, to the movies of Bollywood, Urdu has been the language of romance and love. With its sophistication and gentleness, the Urdu language has elegantly managed to unite more than 1.5 billion people and now, you can now witness the grace and refinement of Urdu at the Mehfil-e-Urdu 2021 brought to you by […]
Irfan Izhar, packaging industry baron, and producer of the internationally acclaimeddocumentary A Journey of Thousand Miles – Peace Keepers made a resounding debut asan author with the launch of Samundar Samne Hai, a compilation of his reverberating Urdupoems. Amidst the august presence of Rekha Gupta (Jury Member, International Film Festival), Shri Ram Niwas Goel (Speaker […]
The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glück on Thursday “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The prize was announced in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. New York-born Glück, 77, who is a professor of English at Yale […]
