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10 Jan

Spreading Happiness in the Year of Giving 2017

by Samira Cooper
Culture, English
Spreading Happiness in the Year of Giving 2017 In continuation of the support to UAE Happiness Initiative, to spread happiness in the community, in the year of giving 2017, Happiness Talks – Spreading Happiness conducted its second session yesterday at Marsam Mattar. The forum is created to give people tips, techniques and tools for inner and sustainable Happiness backed by the science and neuroscience of happiness on a monthly event basis, said Rehan Naeem – Director of Corporate Happiness at Touch Points while opening the event. He said that giving is central to happiness and studies have shown that generosity is strongly associated with well-being. He stressed that giving is not just associated with money. Practicing gratitude, kindness, compassion and empathy, the main...
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4 Jan

Happiness Talks – Spreading Happiness on 9th January 2017

by Samira Cooper
Culture, English, Events
Happiness Talks - Spreading Happiness on 9th January 2017
Happiness Talks - Spreading Happiness on 9th January 2017 In support of the “U.A.E Happiness initiative” to connect the community through Happiness in the “Year of the Giving 2017”, The Spreading Happiness Team: Vonni Events, Touch Points Consultancy and Marsam Mattar have collaborated to bring to the community, “Happiness Talks – Spreading Happiness”. Happiness is certainly not an option. Everyone wants to be happy, and be happy all the time. It is a very basic and an undeniable human requirement. It is a reality that must be enabled in you to be a happy person for the good of yourself and others, in organisations to achieve better business results and in communities to be a happy country. Developing a “Happy Mindset” is where...
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10 Dec

Top Stories from Dubai International Film Festival 2016

by Samira Cooper
Culture, English, Events
Top Stories from Dubai International Film Festival 2016
Top Stories from Dubai International Film Festival 2016 Samuel L. Jackson and ‘Miss Sloane’ Give Dubai Film Festival Solid Start The 13th Dubai Intl. Film Festival kicked off  Wednesday with Samuel L. Jackson receiving a career award from Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the son of Dubai’s ruler, before tense U.S. political thriller “Miss Sloane” opened the fest with director John Madden in tow. “I have already campaigned to come back and work in this country,” Jackson said after being greeted with a standing ovation. “Anybody out there who has got a job for a brother, let me know! Anytime you need me, call me. I will see if I can get here,” he added. “Maybe one of my films will be screening here next year.”...
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23 Nov

GruppoArte 16 in visita a Dubai, per il progetto Italia-Dubai: crocevia culturale

by Samira Cooper
Culture, Italiano
GruppoArte 16 in visita a Dubai, per il progetto Italia-Dubai: crocevia culturale
GruppoArte 16 in visita a Dubai, per il progetto Italia-Dubai: crocevia culturale In data 21 Novembre 2016, presso la sede del Consolato D’Italia a Dubai, si e’ tenuto un incontro fruttuoso tra la Signora Console Dr. Valentina Setta ed il Fondatore e Coordinatore del GruppoArte16 Giovanni Taormina. Sono stati trattati molti argomenti culturali, scientifici ed accademici, pensando anche ad eventuali, progetti  che GruppoArte16 puo’ promuovere negli Emirati Arabi Uniti per la diffusione della Cultura Italiana.   Alto e’ risultato l’interesse verso il tema delle ricerche della Sovraintendenza del Mare del Prof. Tusa, che collaborato dal Dirigente dell’Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identita’ Siciliana, Stefano Zangara, hanno prodotto notevoli successi nel campo della ricerca archeologica sommersa nell’area del Mar Mediterraneo. Inoltre, si e’ parlato anche, ...
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15 Nov

Commedie in pillole per DramaDonne @ The Junction Theater 18-19 Nov 2016

by Samira Cooper
Culture, Italiano
Commedie in pillole per DramaDonne @ The Junction Theater 18-19 Nov 2016
Commedie in pillole per DramaDonne @ The Junction Theater 18-19 Nov 2016 Commedie in pillole per DramaDonne+ sul palco dell’Alex Broun Play Festival The Junction Theater,  AlSerkal Avenue, Dubai 18-19 Novembre, ore 21  Brevi, divertenti, con una punta di sorriso amaro, le due commedie che DramaDonne+ metterà in scena il 18 ed il 19 Novembre a Dubai, al The Junction Theater, nell’ambito dell’Alex Broun Play Festival, che si svolgerà dal 16 al 19 Novembre. “In Bagno” e “Appuntamento Segreto” sono uno sguardo canzonatorio ed illuminante sui rapporti di coppia visti da lui, da lei e dall’altra, in uno scambio di battute allusive, rivelatrici e cariche di equivoci. I due pezzi, (originariamente “Bathroom” and “Hidden Agenda”) sono stati scritti dallo sceneggiatore australiano che dà il nome al...
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14 Nov

Caffe’ Letterario: “Chicchi di Cultura” @ Sconci Gallery, D3 on 19th November 2016

by Samira Cooper
Art, Culture, Italiano
Caffe' Letterario: "Chicchi di Cultura" @ Sconci Gallery, D3 on 19th November 2016
Caffe' Letterario: "Chicchi di Cultura" @ Sconci Gallery, D3 on 19th November 2016 Il Caffe' Letterario "Chicchi di Cultura", si terrà durante l'Italian Festival Weeks in Dubai , iniziativa promossa da SECOLOART GALLERY in collaborazione con SCONCI ART GALLERY. Interverra' lo studioso e critico d'arte Giovanni Taormina, delegato del GruppoArte16, che illustrerà, in particolar modo, un tema di interesse culturale di rilievo come: La rivoluzione pittorica nella ritrattistica del Rinascimento, affrontando temi che vanno dalla ripresa pittorica di Piero Della Francesca, Antonello e Leonardo, un tema che lo studioso ha già proposto presso la prestigiosa sede di Palazzo Chigi, quando ha presentato Antonello l'Annunciata, il Magnificat. Seguira' l'introduzione del Rinascimento Arabo a cura della Dott.ssa Houda Oueslati: dal sistema numerico alle cartine nautiche...
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6 Nov

Villa In Canto Opera Night @ Dubai British School Jumeirah Park on 8th Nov 2016

by Samira Cooper
Culture, English
Villa In Canto Opera Night @ Dubai British School Jumeirah Park on 8th Nov 2016
Villa In Canto Opera Night @ Dubai British School Jumeirah Park on 8th Nov 2016 Dubai British School Jumeirah Park (Taleem Group) is proud to host "Villa In Canto" for an Opera Night Event will take place at the Theatre of the DBSJP, Tuesday 8th November 2016 at 7.30pm. "Villa In Canto" will be performing parts of Carmen, The Barber of Seville, Aida, The Tales of Hoffman, Madam Butterfly and La Traviata. Francesca Ruospo (Soprano), Giorgia Paci (Soprano); Dario Ricchizzi (Tenore); Pablo Rossi Rodino (Baritono); Riccardo Serenelli Villa InCanto Artistic Director (Piano); Onzi Chiarenza Gentili Mattioli (Logistic Director). Dubai Events Blog, in the person of Simona Briggiotta Samira Cooper (Logistic Director), in collaboration with Marco Virgili (Artistic Director), has already signed the partnership with...
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