Empowering youth has always been an intrinsic value and objective in the United Arab Emirates, as it was instilled by the nation’s founding father, His Highness the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Expo 2020 Dubai is practicing this value as its theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” strives to support and inspire youth towards achieving their full potential and...
In 2021 Venice celebrates 1600 years since its legendary birth. The early descriptions of the lagoon depict its inhabitants engaged in fishing, salt gathering, and trade. At first limited to a circumscribed area, later expanded to the Adriatic Sea and then to the Mediterranean, trade has marked the space of the city and the attitude of its inhabitants. From the earliest By Luciano Pezzolo©...
Ali F. Mostafa: Emirati Cinema Comes of Age Ali Mostafa on the cover of Esquire Middle East in 2016 Few names in the story of the cinema of the United Arab Emirates match the recognition and success of Ali F. Mostafa. The pioneering Emirati director can lay claim to a number of distinct “firsts’’ in the short history of Emirati cinema. These “f...
Kimchi, Traditional Korean Side Dish Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish, appearing on Korean tables for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It is made of fermented vegetables, such as cabbage and radish, and it is usually mixed with a traditional seasoning called gochutgaru. Noted for its special taste, which is spicy and salty at the same time. kimchi goes best with whit...
Silk Roads Animal: Goat It should be no surprise that goats are an integral part of pastoralist culture in various corners of the world. Not only do they provide resources such as milk, but also meat for consumption. Indeed, goats play a prominent role along the Silk Roads by providing the aforementioned essentials. The Silk Roads are a millennium-old trade network that has be...
This is a short summary of one of the articles from Webzine SILKROADIA VOL.3 NO.2. For more specialized information, please download our Webzine, and read "Adufe, the Portuguese Frame Drum" written by Rui Silva, a musician and a Collaborating Researcher at the Mundos e Fundos project CECH, University of Coimbra, Portugal. The adufe (from the Arab al-d...
The folk costume has always been a significant national symbol that conveys a message of unity. It belongs to the splendid cultural heritage of a nation and reflects its customs, traditions, and even climate conditions. A traditional costume of each folk is a noteworthy object of study that requires thorough examination. The Sámi are indigenous people inhabiting the northern parts of No...
The Greek santouri is a trapezoid-shaped stringed instrument that belongs to the hammered dulcimer family. The term “dulcimer” is claimed to derive from the Latin Dulcis (sweet) and the Greek melos (song). On the other hand, the term santouri is the Greek version of a series of similar terms (i.e. santur, santour, santoor) used to describe an instrument that is present in quite a f...
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data is not new to universities. Over the last decade, we have observed a significant increase in digital infrastructure that has shaped the ways in which we teach and convey information, display and store data, and understand and translate instruction. Technological innovation is at the fore-front of these advancements, shifting away f...
