By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Peng Qureshi has been a renowned name in Pakistan’s hair and beauty industry for more than three decades now. In 1974, she followed her dreams to London to pursue her passion for beauty and hair styling. She qualified for the World Federation of Hairdressing and worked under experts such as Vidal Sassoon, Robert Fielding, Christine Shaw …

ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has inaugurated, its first Lego Innovation Lab at the ADNOC School in Sas Al Nakhl, Abu Dhabi.  LEGO Innovation Labs will also be established in ADNOC Schools, in Abu Dhabi and the Al Dhafra region, which will benefit over 6,000 Abu Dhabi students from Elementary to High School levels. The LEGO …

BIZ TODAY REPORT DUBAI: Five aspiring writers from the GCC were recognised at the annual Montegrappa Writing Prize award ceremony, held by the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. The Prize is considered one of the most successful writing competitions in the region, with eight past winners and runners-up already becoming internationally published writers. Winners received their awards from top UK …

DUBAI: The wait is finally over as the winners of the third annual Costa Debate were awarded at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Participants of the competition were challenged to write a 300 word argument on which format they preferred reading most, E-book or Book. This year, the number of submissions for the competition have tripled since the 2017 …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: A Pakistani Author, Nadya A.R.’s book ‘Invisible Ties’ was launched today at the Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture, Karachi. The topic of discussion was ‘The South Asian Identity: Does it travel with us?’ The event was moderated by Salman Tarik Kureishi and the panel consisted of Javed Jabbar, Noorjehan Bilgrami and Omar Shahid Hamid. …

KARACHI: Pakistan International Film Festival, under the banner of Karachi Film Society organised a three-day Digital Storytelling Workshop here in the metropolitan from February 26 to 28, 2018 at Pearl Continental Hotel. The PIFF team went throughout schools and universities in Karachi to find passionate and keen students to be part of the workshop. Thirty students were selected from institutions …

DUBAI: Nine Middlesex University Dubai students participated in the American University of Sharjah’s 11th Annual Model United Nations (AUSMUN) conference from 8th to 10th February 2018. The conference attracted participation from over 840 delegates across 13 of the top universities and high schools in the UAE and beyond. The nine Middlesex University Dubai students were mentored by Mahine Rizvi Ahmad, …

BIZ TODAY REPORT DUBAI: The education landscape in the Middle East is going through a dynamic phase of transformation, thanks to initiatives from the public and private sectors towards improving the quality of teaching practices and learning experiences. Addressing education professionals from around the world at the GESS Dubai 2018 education show and conference, His Excellency Eng. Hussain Ibrahim Al …

DUBAI: Spotlighting the importance of literature and the power of reading as key to connecting with and understanding the world around us, Emirates is celebrating its 10th year of supporting the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.  The airline has been a key to the growth of the festival, which has become a mainstay on the Dubai cultural calendar. The festival started …

KARACHI:  A CSR project of tree plantation was organized here at Schole International Academy today in collaboration with Special Olympics Pakistan and Global Green. The project involved the plantation of saplings at the school by the children of Special Olympics and later interacting with visiting celebrity Junii Zeyad, who sang for them, and gave them gifts.With the saplings donated by …