Reporter Raquel Camila

  The Expo 2020 site will be transformed into Dubai Expo City and will soon welcome thousands of new residents and businesses, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said on Monday. In a series of tweets, the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai set out his vision for the legacy site. Dubai Expo City will be a “hub of economic activity” and home to major companies and their headquarters. With a key focus on technology and the environment, it will serve as a destination of its own, served by the nearby Dubai World Central airport and the metro link with the city centre. “After the historical success of Expo 2020 Dubai , visited by more than 24 million visitors, left a mark in the 170-year history of world expositions, today we announce the transformation of the exhibition site into Expo City Dubai, a new city that represents the ambitions of Dubai,” Sheikh Mohammed wrote. “ Expo City Dubai will be an environmentally friendly city that caters to families and future generations. To know more: htt...

  As one of the world’s largest travelling circuses of book fairs gets underway in Dubai, co-founder of the Big Bad Wolf (BBW) tells Al Arabiya English how the heavily discounted books are able to make their way around the globe for readers who cannot afford to pay retail. Andrew Yap pointed at “affordable and accessible” books as the solution to a growing gap in education and knowledge among the youth between different classes of society. To know more: https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2022/04/14/Big-Bad-Wolf-Decoding-the-vision-of-the-largest-traveling-book-fair-now-in-Dubai

So far, 102 couples have tied the knot in the UAE Capital since the implementation of the new law in February Three-and-a-half years ago, a Dubai couple met using a dating service recommended by friends; today, on Valentine’s Day, they were among dozens of couples that tied the knot in Abu Dhabi. Civil marriage ceremony at Abu Dhabi Courts Sarmila, an Indian national and Julian, a British expat, registered their union with ease under Abu Dhabi’s civil marriage ceremonies at the Non-Muslim Family Court. They are among the 60 marriage applications submitted at Abu Dhabi courts and got married under the new civil marriage law over the Valentine’s Day weekend alone (in two days). So far, 102 couples have tied the knot in the UAE Capital since implementing the new law this month, allowing civil marriages in Abu Dhabi for the first time. The new law, which governs family matters for expats or foreigners, also offers tourists a chance to finalise civil marriage contracts in Abu Dhabi. Sarmil...

As the world marks the anniversary of the signing of the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together” on Friday, members of the fraternity committee discussed the importance of such an agreement for modern interfaith relations. Expo 2020 Dubai is commemorating the occasion with events and gatherings of multi-faith representatives, as the memorandum itself was inked in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi three years ago exactly. Pope Francis receives the trophy for the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity The intentions of the agreement by Pope Francis and Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb were to create a lasting legacy of tolerance and understanding that is reflected in the annual International Day of Human Fraternity. “We must believe in the importance of the Document on Human Fraternity, which is not just a set of principles, but a historical document that came after years of estrangement and a history of wars that employed religions to achieve political gain and a...