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Join us on Thursday, August 5th or Friday, August 6th for two Backstage productions: “The Business Lunch”, directed by Shreya Maheswari and “Players and Pawns” written and directed by Philip Apaza. Doors open on this night of comedy and drama at 7:00 pm. Come enjoy the show and support local talent!
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Entrepreneurship comes in all shapes and sizes, and has been around for centuries. Most of our daily actions are entrepreneurial, whether it is supporting our families, playing sports or competitions, or at work. It’s difficult to define what entrepreneurship or an entrepreneur is. Passion, tenacity, conviction, self belief are traits of some entrepreneurs, creative, motivating, visionary are others. Read more »
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Recycle for Charity project is a community based volunteer driven project that depends on individual voluntary effort to collect recyclable materials and pass it on to recycling companies in exchange for a financial donations for the benefit of well deserved local charities:
- Al-Manzil (www.manzil.ae)
- Dubai Autism Center (www.dubaiautismcenter.ae)
Anyone interested in supporting this project “hands on” can do so quite easily. Simply continuously collect recyclable products (items are listed below) that you might find in your office, homes or building and make the extra effort of dropping it off to the below collection point. Read more »
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British Council brings together Entrepreneurs from the Creative Industries
Since the launch of its first award in the UAE in 2007, the British Council’s YCE – Young Creative Entrepreneur programme has created a unique platform to recognise and encourage young entrepreneurs in the creative industries who contribute significantly to the cultural and economic success of the country.
To celebrate the success of this YCE programme, the British Council have invited to the UAE, award-winning UK film producer, Anna Higgs. Anna is founder and co-producer at an innovative production company – Quark Films, and is also one of the finalists of UK Young Screen Entrepreneur Award in 2010. Read more »
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Introduction
There are 202 nationalities registered in Dubai speaking an impressive number of different languages. By default English has become the common language denominator to communication within the Dubai society which leaves limited place to the other cultural communities.
Shelter has successfully launched in May 2010 a platform to promote language exchange between Dubai’s residents called “Speak Dating”. As the word tells, this is about matching people that have common interests in teaching/learning a language and a perfect complement to traditional language classes. Read more »
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Dear Poetry lovers and friends who humor me,
We are officially on a break from poeticizing in public in Dubai till the weather makes sense again, but since I am around for a few days, we thought we would read to each other.
It’s a smaller venue, the screening room in Shelter, but do join us for an intimate performance. Luckily, our favorite poeticians ARE around and we have a great line up of word warriors ready to drown you in imagery. Read more »
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For only 300 AED, you can help out the emergency appeal for the laborers in Sharjah and get your hands on UBIK’s MeZuma! or Smooth Criminal prints, editions 42 and 43, which are hand numbered and signed.
For sale at Shelter Dubai, 300 AED each. All proceeds will go to the laborers.
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