{"id":66211,"date":"2025-08-29T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=66211"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:27:44","slug":"school-of-life-kicks-off-a-new-season-of-creativity-storytelling-and-life-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/school-of-life-kicks-off-a-new-season-of-creativity-storytelling-and-life-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"School Of Life Kicks Off A New Season Of Creativity, Storytelling, And Life Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

School of Life returns this September to Dubai<\/a> Public Library with 34 interactive activities under the theme \u2018The Journey Begins Again\u2019. Organised by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the initiative seeks to strengthen life skills for adults and youth as part of the Dubai Quality of Life Strategy. Covering artistic expression, mental wellbeing, storytelling, identity building, and languages, the programme gives participants the chance to develop abilities and share ideas in an environment that nurtures innovation and supports success in both personal and professional life.<\/p>\n

Throughout September, branches of the Dubai Public Library will transform into lively community spaces. Hatta Public Library will host the Health & Nutrition Club session, \u2018Preparing Your Lunchbox,\u2019guiding young people to make healthy meals in a practical and enjoyable way. At Al Mankhool Public Library, the Calligraphy Club will present \u2018Baybayin Calligraphy on Watercolour Paper\u2019 with Gino Banola, who will showcase Filipino heritage through the ancient script. The Dubai Chess & Culture Club will also hold an open junior tournament designed to enhance strategic thinking, focus, and decision-making skills in an inclusive setting.<\/p>\n

Four sessions will be tailored to schools. Al Twar Public Library will stage \u2018The Pencil Who Found Himself,\u2019 a storytelling activity highlighting self-acceptance, confidence, and the value of diversity. Hemaya School will host three readings of Ebtisam Al Beiti\u2019s \u2018A Dragon Called Blue,\u2019 helping children learn to navigate change and the emotions that come with it. Artist Fatima Alamiri will conduct two wooden keychain workshops at the Dubai Foundation for Women & Children and the Dubai Club for People of Determination, teaching simple techniques to craft personalised designs.<\/p>\n

Al Safa Art & Design Library will feature\u2018Japanese Matcha Refreshment,\u2019 introducing the preparation of Japanese iced teas and the traditions associated with their serving. Another highlight is \u2018Choral: Melodies of Childhood\u2019 by Cordon, which develops confidence and creativity through vocal exercises, rhythm games, and group singing. The annual Librarians\u2019 Meeting will also take place here in collaboration with the Emirates Literature Foundation,bringing together schools and educational partners to spotlight initiatives from the year, such as the Chevron Readers\u2019 Cup and the School Librarian of the Year Award. The event will also include presentations from Oxford University Press and Magrudy\u2019s Bookstores, alongside talks from leading voices in education and culture.<\/p>\n

Under the Art Club at Al Safa, Abeer Al Edani will lead \u2018Draw Your Dream,\u2019 guiding visitors to transform dreamscapes into expressive artworks through painting, collage, and abstract styles. Medaf Creative Studio will add three sessions: \u2018Your Notebook, Your Way,\u2019 where children personalise notebooks with vibrant colours and designs; \u2018Recycle & Design Your Bag,\u2019 showing how to turn old clothes or fabric scraps into eco-friendly bags; and \u2018Your Artistic Pencil Case,\u2019 allowing kids to decorate their own canvas cases with paint, stickers and craft materials. Zeinab Beshir will also present \u2018Emirati Kharareef in Motion & Sound,\u2019 a two-day workshop where children reimagine traditional folktales through paper stop-motion animation, connecting them to cultural roots while developing skills in visual storytelling and collaboration.<\/p>\n

As part of the Book Club, the Readers\u2019 Majlis will host \u2018What Did We Read This Summer?\u2019 at Al Safa Art & Design Library, where attendees share their favourite titles from the summer to inspire others and foster a culture of reading. The Calligraphy Club\u2019s Impact Track will also run, with Mohammad Altamimi guiding attendees in mastering the Ruq\u2019ah script using traditional tools. Sessions will focus on letter formation, including the connections between Haa\u2019 (\u0647)and Waw(\u0648), and Yaa (\u064a)and Laam-Alif(\u0644\u0627), culminating in a closing ceremony that honours participants\u2019 dedication and progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

School of Life returns this September to Dubai Public Library with 34 interactive activities under the theme \u2018The Journey Begins Again\u2019. Organised by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the initiative seeks to strengthen life skills for adults and youth as part of the Dubai Quality of Life Strategy. Covering artistic expression, mental wellbeing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66213,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66211\/revisions\/66213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}