29 countries to showcase their heritage at 18th Sharjah Heritage Days Tue 16th March 2021 | 05:30 PM
SHARJAH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 16th Mar, 2021) With over 500 events and activities for people of all age groups at the 18th annual edition of Sharjah Heritage Days (SHD 2021), the cultural capital of the region will once again bring together the UAE community and visitors to learn more about and closely experience the unique customs and traditions of 29 nations around the world.
Perhaps the largest and longest celebration of local and global cultures in the UAE and the region, the three-week festival fromMarch 20 â April 10, is organised by the Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH) and embodies the vision of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, to enrich our future by opening a window to our past.
With over 500 events and activities will once again bring together the UAE community and visitors to learn more about and closely experience the unique customs and traditions of 29 nations around the world.
New film captures Khor Fakkan s 16th century heroics to resist invasion
Web Report/Sharjah
Film based on a historical book written by the Sharjah Ruler.
As the Khor Fakkan Amphitheatre opens, the Sharjah Broadcasting Authority (SBA) will screen a film detailing the resistance put up by its inhabitants during a Portuguese invasion in 1507 AD.
Khorfakkan is based on the historical book,
Khorfakkan’s Resistance Against the Portuguese Invasion of September 1507, by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.
The two-hour film will be screened for three days on December 15–17 at 7.30pm. The SBA announced that free tickets for the screening have run out.