{"id":66826,"date":"2025-10-29T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=66826"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:42:33","slug":"school-of-life-returns-with-a-focus-on-health-and-everyday-well-being-this-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/school-of-life-returns-with-a-focus-on-health-and-everyday-well-being-this-november\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018School Of Life\u2019 Returns With A Focus On Health And Everyday Well-Being This November"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai<\/a> Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) is launching a new edition of its School of Life initiative this November under the theme \u2018Health and Sports.\u2019The programme features a series of workshops that encourage balanced lifestyles and inspire harmony between body, mind, and creativity, in line with Dubai\u2019s Quality of Life Strategy.<\/p>\n

Throughout November, the School of Life programme will host26sessions across Dubai Public Libraries, offering opportunities to explore mindfulness practices, learn breathing techniques, discover nutritious cooking, and develop vocal and linguistic skills. The events will also be organised by the diverse clubs that fall under the initiative, including Calligraphy, Languages, Family Development, Health & Nutrition, and the newly launched Music and Performing Arts Club. Together, they transform Dubai\u2019s public libraries into vibrant community spaces.<\/p>\n

Highlights across the libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Al Safa Art & Design Library, Dr. Leila Soudaand Katral Nada Hassan will lead \u2018Women\u2019s Wellness Journey\u2019, focusing on hormonal balance and self-care. The library will also host a series of creative English-language workshops designed for children and adults.<\/p>\n

Under Medaf Creative Studio, young participants can enjoy hands-on experiences such as \u20183D Sports Diorama\u2019, where they create miniature sports worlds; \u2018Design Your Ping-Pong Racket\u2019, which invites them to hand-paint and personalise their own rackets; and \u2018Vegetable Garden Diorama\u2019, a clay-modelling session that promotes healthy eating through art.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, \u2018Mind Matters\u2019, presented by Readers\u2019 Majlis<\/em>, offers an enriching discussion for adults on mental health and resilience as reflected in literature, exploring how stories and memoirs capture the human capacity to adapt and grow.\u2018Mind and Body Balance,\u2019 led by Dr. Farah Khorshid, Dr.Fiona Brenninkmeijer, and Katral Nada Hassan,combines breathing exercises and creative expression to relieve stress, including a hands-on activity making beeswax candles.<\/p>\n

In collaboration with L\u2019Atelier des F\u00eates, Al Mankhool Library will host \u2018Create Your Own Natural Scrub\u2019, where visitors learn to make a natural foot scrub using simple, effective ingredients.The library will also present two new calligraphy sessions by Gino Banola<\/em>:\u2018Baybayin on Tumbler\u2019 and \u2018Baybayin on Jute Bags\u2019. These interactive workshops introduce the traditional Filipino script through creative lettering on tumblers and jute bags, encouraging attendees to express meaningful words and phrases in an elegant, artistic way.<\/p>\n

As part of the wider School of Life clubs, Nada Saeed Kattan will conduct \u2018Cozy Winter Soups\u2019 at Hatta Library and \u2018Energy Bites\u2019 at Al Safa Library, teaching participants to prepare nutritious snacks with natural ingredients. Meanwhile, Art Club activities include \u2018Draw your Healthy Plate\u2019 led by Abeer Al Edaniat Al Safa Library, blending art and nutrition in a fun, creative format.<\/p>\n

At Al Twar Library, two Literature Club sessions \u2014 \u2018Arabic in Nature: Building Inner Strength Arabically\u2019 and \u2018Arabic in Nature: Ant-like Teamwork Arabically\u2019 \u2014 presented by Arabically experts, will explore teamwork skills and the mind-body connection through language.<\/p>\n

Also at Al Safa, the Music and Performing Arts Club will present \u2018Choral in Arabic: National Day\u2019, focusing on vocal warm-ups, articulation, and pitch control, culminating in a group performance and artistic evaluation. The \u2018Creative Impact Track: Ruq\u2018ah Calligraphy \u2013 Final Level 301,\u2019 led by calligrapherMohammad Altamimi, will offer a nine-part series guiding participants through letter connection and full sentence formation in the Ruq\u2018ah script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) is launching a new edition of its School of Life initiative this November under the theme \u2018Health and Sports.\u2019The programme features a series of workshops that encourage balanced lifestyles and inspire harmony between body, mind, and creativity, in line with Dubai\u2019s Quality of Life Strategy. Throughout November, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66826","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\/66826","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=66826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66828,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66826\/revisions\/66828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}