Education & Media
Arab Media Group and MTV Networks International to launch Nickelodeon Arabia in 2008
Arab Media Group (AMG), the largest media group in the United Arab Emirates, and MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has announced the expansion of their long-term partnership to launch Nickelodeon Arabia, a localised, Arabic language free-to-air channel dedicated exclusively to kids across the Middle East.
Abu Dhabi: Focus on education
In accordance with the government's focus on education, degree-level learning received a major boost last week when the government announced a partnership with New York University (NYU) for the establishment of a satellite campus in the emirate. NYU will be the second foreign university to create a satellite campus in the emirate after Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD) was established in May 2006.
The Times - Live in the Gulf
The Times newspaper relocates its business desk to the Middle East to focus on the Gulf as a crucial centre of global business. The Times newspaper, one of the most respected and influential news sources in the world, has confirmed it is relocating its business desk from London, UK, to the Middle East for one week during The Times Gulf Business Forum, Sunday October 28 - Friday November 04 2007.
EFTC signs education agreement with US Cornell University
The Egyptian Federation of Tourism Chambers has sealed an agreement with Cornell University, one of the top hospitality schools in the United States. Under the agreement, Cornell University will provide five educational programs on hospitality for the first time in the Middle East and Africa to Egyptian tourism workers. Tourism workers in Egypt account for 12 per cent of the country? total workforce.
NoozzVIEW; 24-hour BBC Arabic TV lifts off
Tucked away in the highly controversial and mercilessly mocked (by the opposition Tories) comprehensive spending review announced by new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, was a key passage for the Middle East giving the OK to the BBC World Service to expand its Arabic TV news service to a 24-hour operation. This gave the go ahead to the founding of a BBC news and information division in Farsi, for Iran, which will be launched next year.
Abu Dhabi film fest seeks to boost movie industry
Abu Dhabi launches its first film festival and fund this month in a bid to grow a movie industry in a Gulf Arab region often seen as a cultural desert and where films are often heavily censored. Running from Oct 14-19, the Middle East International Film Festival aimed to encourage home-grown talent and emerging film makers both with cash and the Black Pearl Awards trophies.
At a cost of IQD42 billion, phase one of Nasiriya's University City begins
The total cost of the University City in Nasiriya - in its three phases - is estimated at IQD42 billion and work is not expected to be completed until 2009.
