The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature drew to a rousing finale today with a session featuring an exceptional night of music, poetry and readings in support of Dubai Cares’ programmes for child refugees across the region. The event capped six days of literary entertainment featuring a record-breaking 206 authors from 43 countries and a strong
Hala, the joint venture between the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) and Careem that offers an innovative way to get around Dubai by enabling customers to book a Dubai Taxi on the Careem app, has partnered with Etisalat, the leading telecom operator in the UAE, to offer its Captains (taxi drivers) a generous data bundle
Etisalat has demonstrated yet again its 5G technological prowess, this time through an adrenaline-pumping freefall from 15,000 feet. Red Bull skydiver Dani Roman jumps off a plane on a mission: Can 5G download 4GB in time to open a parachute? On an average, skydivers need to deploy their parachute after 30 seconds from 15,000 feet. “Will
The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has launched the ‘Basic Tax Information Bulletin’ as part of its campaign for 2020, where it seeks to continue raising tax awareness and providing taxpayers with periodic and detailed tax information. In its first edition, the bulletin focuses on tax treatment for the education sector (schools, pre-schools, and nurseries). Available
Al Ghurair Properties, the real estate development arm of Al Ghurair Investment that offers a wide portfolio of residential properties that strategically respond to the UAE residents’ needs has announced significant company growth in 2019, doubling its year-on-year top-line performance, both in terms of turnover and the number of units completed. With thoughtful design, superior
The talented young winners of the Oxford University Press (OUP) Story Writing Competition were honoured today at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (4-9 February 2020) in a special prize-giving ceremony. The annual competition is a fixture of the academic calendar with more than 3000 students from the UAE sending in their entries this year.
The nation’s young poets of the future were recognised today at the prize giving ceremony of the Taaleem Award for Poetry held during the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (4-9 February 2020). The winners received a commemorative book featuring their winning entries and a plaque, awarded to them by Festival authors Martin Kiszko and Hassan
