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 Department of Public Works announced that it has undertaken more than 700 health, educational, housing and services development projects worth over AED 3 billion (US$ 0.8b) in different parts of the emirate. Abdullah Noman, head of supervision at the department of building projects, said that next year would see construction of many buildings including the AED 30 million (US$ ...

Sharjah expects as many as 37 port calls from cruise ships during the 2015-2016 season, according to Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), bringing an estimated 80,000 cruise passengers to the emirate. GCC countries will receive more than a million visits from cruise passengers during the 2015-2016 cruise season and Sharjah’s cruise business has been growing steadily. Strategically located ...