Dubai: Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) will continue its ‘School of Life’ initiative throughout August 2023. It will offer visitors to Dubai Public Libraries an edutainment experience through a captivating journey brimming with diverse and exceptional opportunities to discover the hidden gems of our world, nurture skills, unleash talents, and broaden knowledge.
Part of the program at Al Safa Art and Design Library will explore the wonders of pharaonic North Africa with its ‘Unveiling Egypt’s Ancient Marvels: The Pyramids’ workshop. Creativity will be unleashed in interactive sessions in stamp designing, crafting unique passport covers and dream destination tickets, and sculpting. Storytelling will be embraced in the ‘Crafting Your Personal Travel Journal’ workshop.
Al Mankhool Public Library will host five inspiring workshops across the month, during which it will allow its visitors to visualize the shape of Dubai in unusual weather conditions through drawings and colors. During the ‘Symbolism of Flags’ workshop, they will learn about the details of the country’s flag, its colors, and the different meanings within, as well as how to create new ones. Within the ‘Futuristic Shapes’ session, participating families will discover the architectural wonders of the Museum of the Future and will be trained in ways to design special stickers to decorate travel bags, in addition to techniques for creating their travel diaries to document adventures.
Al Twar Public Library will host ‘Unveiling the Taj Mahal’s Beauty’, looking at India and its wonders and aesthetics, while visitors to Hatta Public Library will make special covers and stamps for passports.
‘School of Life’ educational sessions, which will last until March 2024, are offered by a group of speakers, experts, and people with distinguished experiences, cementing the emirate’s position as a global center for culture, an incubator for creativity, and a thriving hub for talent.