In response to a ministry decision to scrap homework at hundreds of public schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Dr. Natasha Ridge highlighted the important role homework can play in boy’s education.
The UAE’s Ras Al-Khaimah Fine Arts Festival recently kicked off its eighth edition in the Al-Jazirah Al-Hamra Heritage Village. The festival brings with it a packed program that includes thought-provoking exhibitions, keynote speeches and more than 100 local and international artists hailing from 33 different countries.
Middle East fashion magazine, Grazia, heralded the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival as the “mother of all regional festivals” in their article highlighting the Festival’s expansive spread of art.
US Honorary Guest Artist to the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, Kiliii Yuyan gave a number of presentations to students from local programs and universities, including the American University of Ras Al Khaimah.
Hi Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi opened the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival on January 31st at the Al Jazirah Al Hamra Heritage Village. The VIP opening was also attended by ambassadors, dignitaries, festival partners, and local and international artists.
With more than 100 artists from 33 countries exhibiting their work over the course of the festival this year, the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival (RAKFAF) will celebrate the theme of Connected Communities with numourous local and international artists, painters, sculptors, designers, filmmakers and photographers over a two month period. Here are just a few to look out for from 31 January to 31 March, 2020.
UAE schools have been urged to do more to protect children after a major international survey found nearly a third are regularly targeted by bullies. A direct link was found across the world between rates of bullying and classroom disorder, so improving discipline could also help improve student happiness and reduce bullying rates, Natasha Ridge of the Al Qasimi Foundation, said.
His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi received a group of Ras Al Khaimah employees who participated in the Al Qasimi Foundation’s Government Exchange Program between Ras Al Khaimah and the city of Bristol, UK.
It is important that the blossoming of the arts scene in the UAE synchronizes with a greater appreciation of the need for criticism – meaning honest evaluation, both positive and negative. The UAE has a vibrant and diverse the cultural landscape, the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, for example, will celebrate its eighth year in February with large-scale art and sculpture exhibitions, outdoor film screenings and workshops.
The educational publishing event examines progress and plans for the United Arab Emirates’ educational publishers in aligning their efforts with goals of the country’s ministry of education to create what’s described as “a pioneering and global knowledge society.” More than 20 speakers, group leaders, and facilitators are on-hand in today and tomorrow’s programming, including the Al Qasimi Foundation’s Arts & Engagement Director Caitrin Mullan.