Culture

Shurooq, the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, has partnered with the European Senior Tour to host the Sharjah Senior Golf Masters presented by Shurooq at the Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club from 2017 to 2019, becoming the fifth current European Tour initiative in the United Arab Emirates. The inaugural 54-hole event, sanctioned by the Emirates Golf Federation (and supported by ...

The Jordan-based media body, United Arab Media Council (UAMC), has named the city of Sharjah as the Capital of the Arab Press for Year 2016. The accolade follows Sharjah’s year as Capital of Arab Tourism in 2015, as voted by the Arab Council of Tourism Ministers, and a year as the Islamic Culture Capital of the Arab Region in 2014, ...

Read more about Sharjah World Music Festival 2017 The third edition of Sharjah World Music Festival organized by Furat Qaddouri Music Centre and sponsored by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), will start on the 7th of January 2016, in participation of Arab and western artists and musical bands from 13 countries. The festival’s concerts will take place at Al ...

Sharjah has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the Middle East’s first Healthy City, as a result of the city meeting a wide range of criteria set by the WHO Healthy Cities programme. The programme engages local governments in health development in an effort to prioritise health on the social, economic and political agenda. The WHO Healthy ...

The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has been ranked 7th in the 2015 QS University Rankings for Arab Region, compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specialising in education and study abroad. The University of Sharjah was also featured in the report, ranking 21st out of the 100 academic institutions assessed. The methodology for the rankings is adapted from ...

The new Sharjah Centre for Astronomy and Space Sciences will open to the public on 2 July 2015, providing a new education resource and adding a new cultural attraction for the growing numbers of tourists visiting the emirate. A new high-tech 200-seat planetarium is expected to be the centre’s star attraction. Sharjah has invested heavily in developing itself as a ...

Award-winning American actor, film director, writer and producer Kevin Spacey will teach aspiring young actors via the new ‘Home Grown’ programme, a joint initiative of the Sharjah-based Middle East Theatre Academy (META) and the Kevin Spacey Foundation (KSF). Launched under the patronage of Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of Sharjah’s Supreme Council for Family Affairs and wife of ...

Renowned Iraqi singer Kadim Al Sahir is to headline the second edition of the Sharjah World Music Festival taking place from 16 to 25 January 2015. Organised by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) in collaboration with Furat Qaddouri Music Center the festival will feature an elite line-up of vocalists and music performers from 13 countries. One of the most successful ...

This year’s celebrations to mark the Sharjah Islamic Culture Capital 2014 were officially inaugurated yesterday by Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah at a musical production about the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. The Clusters of Light operetta was staged by Sharjah in an effort to encourage awareness and understanding about Islam. Clusters ...

Sharjah has invested nearly AED1.5 billion (USD 408 million) on 21 projects started in celebration of the Emirate’s selection as the Islamic Culture Capital for 2014. The projects fall under a wide variety of Sharjah institutions and city landmarks including new universities, monuments, Islamic parks, traditional markets, museums and libraries. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qassimi, Chairman of the Executive ...