Challenge

Dubai Fitness Challenge heads to Burj Park

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Dubai Fitness Challenge, DFC, is set to transform Burj Park into an outdoor gym for three full days this weekend, with four mobile fitness units equipped to provide Dubai’s residents and visitors an incredible range of workout options in the fresh air, taking in amazing views of the Burj Khalifa and Downtown skyline. Featuring everything from rowing machines, CrossFit trainersRead more

Hamdan bin Mohammed launches Dubai Fitness Challenge

Dubai - Emirates Voice

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, today launched the Dubai Fitness Challenge, as part of the Opening Weekend Carnival at Al Safa Park in Dubai. The 30-day fitness challenge involves physical and sporting activities and includes the participation of many community members and groups, in theRead more

17-years old Palestine girl beats 7.4 million contestants

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Arab Reading Challenge winner crowned A 17-year-old Palestinian girl who beat 7.4 million contestants to win this year’s title as the champion of the Arab Reading Challenge in Dubai. Afaf Sharif was crowned during a grand ceremony held at the Dubai Opera House and received Dh550,000 in prize money. Afaf outperformed thousands of students who participated in the competition inRead more

Grand Imam of Al Azhar hails Arab Reading Challenge Competition

Cairo - Emirates Voice

Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr. Ahmed Al Tayeb has hailed the innovative idea of the Arab Reading Challenge Competition launched by the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to encourage youngsters to read Arabic books. "The competition proves His Highness Sheikh Mohammed's constant support for intellectual and cultural initiativesRead more

Kids, have new experiences this summer

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) of Dubai is challenging students to have brand new experiences over the summer as part of the #10WeekStreak Challenge. The challenge, according to KHDA, is designed to promote wellbeing and the love of learning. #10WeekStreak challenges students to try or do something new each week over 10 weeks, post a photo or videoRead more

German Social Democrats endorse Schulz to challenge Merkel

Berlin - Arab Today

Germany’s Social Democrats chief Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday said the party leadership had nominated former European Parliament head Martin Schulz to challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in September’s general elections. “Martin Schulz will be the candidate for the chancellorship,” Gabriel told reporters in Berlin, adding that the choice was “unanimously” endorsed by the party leadership. Gabriel, the unpopular vice-chancellor in Merkel’sRead more

Dana Al Ali eyes last camp ahead of Everest challenge next April

Dubai - Arab Today

Emirati adventurer, Dana Al Ali, is now ready for her Aconcagua Mount Training Camp in Argentina, one of the highest seven summits in the world, in the build-up to her formidable challenge of conquering the earth’s highest peak. Mount Everest, in April next year. Seeking to be the first Emirati woman to climb the world's highest summit, Dana Al AliRead more

Challenge to Tiran, Sanafir verdict delayed to July 30

Cairo - Arab Today

The Supreme Administrative Court on Sunday set July 30 as a date to consider a lawsuit for the withdrawal of the court's body considering the government's challenge against the Tiran and Sanafir verdict. Earlier, a lower court ruled that Tiran and Sanafir islands are Egyptian and falls within the country’s borders. The court issued a ruling suspending the enforcement ofRead more

Arab League organizes seminar on Arab refugees in UN headquarters

Cairo - Arab Today

The woman, family and childhood department in the Arab League (AL) will organize on Friday a seminar themed "Arab refugees: new challenge to the developmental agenda 2030" in the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York. The seminar will be attended by the representatives of the bodies concerned with the woman's affairs in the AL and some regional and internationalRead more