In light of the events witnessed by the world due to the spread of the new Corona virus (Covid-19), and the precautionary measures that accompanied it, foremost of which is the necessity of staying at home, Emirati cultural institutions and authorities rushed to launch many digital artistic, cultural and entertainment initiatives and applications that encourage Use periods of stay at home in useful and entertaining things, and make them freely available to the public. Among the most prominent of these applications and programs:
"Culture for All"
An initiative launched by the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, through which all its sites and cultural programs are presented to the public through social media stations, and the initiative provides dynamic content from Manarat Al Saadiyat, Qasr Al Hosn, Berkeley Abu Dhabi, the Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi Art, and initiatives of material and moral heritage, among others. The cultural programs organized by the department. The content presented in "Culture for All" is divided into three topics. The first is "Create - Culture for All", which provides access to instructions, illustrations, educational programs and instructions via the Internet, while "Discover - Culture for All" provides an opportunity to discover and visit cultural assets by default via a network. The Internet, through video clips, recordings and published digital materials related to the department's programs and activities, including concerts, panel discussions, art galleries, festivals and conferences, and the third topic titled «Forum - Culture for All» offers the possibility of learning about Ideas and knowledge of diverse experts Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi coming from around the world, where the public can attend the sessions with digital artists, historians, exhibitors, architects, and many others. The department also provides digital libraries that contain a huge collection of books.
"Culture close-up"
The Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development launched this initiative with the aim of encouraging community members to share cultural and artistic content on social media platforms, after closing museums, galleries and art galleries. The initiative includes broadcasting direct episodes in the fields of music, theater, and poetry, and visits to a number of art galleries for art pioneers in The state, such as artists Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamed Kazem, and Najat Makki. The initiative kicked off its performances with an artistic party called "Peacemakers", which was held in June of last year in the historic Erbil Castle listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and the initiative was supported by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, the Sharjah Museum Authority, the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum and the Al Hosn Palace, The Barjeel Art Foundation.
New York Abu Dhabi
The university launched a number of artistic and cultural initiatives and the "affiliation" exhibition, which was held during the last period within the "project area" of the art gallery, and the university's art center announced its broadcast of a series of archival presentations that included the most important of what the center presented under the title "To re-communicate", through The center’s electronic broadcasting platform, and the university also provides the digital library "Arab groups on the Internet", which witnessed a large increase in the number of its users by 700%, as the number increased from 50 thousand to 350 thousand last March.
Gallery 421
"Gallery 421", the cultural and artistic destination in the Mina Zayed region in Abu Dhabi, has announced the launch of a series of programs and virtual experiences that include a set of educational videos, audio podcasts, book readings, community conversations and virtual tours of the exhibition 421, with the aim of engaging society in the exhibition's artistic and cultural activities. Miscellaneous.
National Archives
The National Archives provides many educational services through its website and digital platforms, among them the «Emirates Library», which is a specialized research library, and it is part of the scientific and research program for the National Archives, and the digital archive for the Arab Gulf «Ajda», which includes thousands of documents documenting for two centuries of history Region.
"School"
It is a pioneering online educational platform launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and provides distinguished educational content in the Arabic language in science and mathematics subjects, and is available free of charge to more than 50 million Arab students, and it includes 5,000 video tutorials Subjects include physics, chemistry and biology, mathematics and general sciences covering the curriculum, from kindergarten through twelfth grade. In addition to the educational videos, the "School" includes exercises and applications in various scientific subjects to support the educational process in an integrative framework.
«Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge»
The Foundation announced that books and publications of the digital platform will be made available free of charge to readers from inside and outside the country, as part of the campaign that was launched under the title "Invest your time with knowledge", through which it seeks to motivate all members of society to invest their time at home by acquiring digital knowledge through the "Knowledge Center". Digital »affiliated with it, which is one of the largest Arabic content platforms. Through this initiative, the Foundation aims to make the platform's books available for download and reading for everyone through its website, which contains more than 300 thousand titles, and more than 3.5 million digital items. The Foundation also seeks to enhance its community role to ensure the continuity of the processes of knowledge acquisition, and to activate the tools that enable this matter from a distance.
UAE cultural institutions and bodies launched several initiatives and digital artistic, cultural and entertainment applications.