TAKE the kids to KidZania, where they can play like their favourite stars at the KidZania Cup 2014. Take part in football-themed arts and crafts, cooking, jewellery making and painting as well. From 10am to midnight, Level 2, The Dubai Mall, 04 448 5222, www.kidzania.ae
SIGN up your children ages 8-16 for the Tashkeel Summer Camp, where they can learn techniques including sketchbooks, clay modelling, sticker design and T-shirt design. Classes are one-offs. Starts August 10 and runs daily until August 21, from 10am to 1pm, from Dh250 per session or Dh1,200 per week, Tashkeel, near Nad Al Sheba clinic, Dubai, 04 336 3313, www.tashkeel.org
BREAK the fast at thejamjar's iftar potluck and quiz night. Bring and share a dish and enjoy art-filled conversations, then test your arts and culture knowledge in the quiz night challenge. Bring a team or meet teammates tonight. From 7pm to 9pm, thejamjar, Al Quoz, Dubai,www.thejamjardubai.com, 04 341 7303
LEARN a language with Eton Institute's Blended Language Course, which combines an online course with six hours of virtual training, enabling students to practise at their own pace anytime, anywhere. Courses are available in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. from Dh1,950, www.etoninstitute.com, 800 3866
SIGN up to take part in this weekend's ashtanga yoga workshop with Manu Rossi. Friday features a programme on deepening your yoga experience, while Saturday's workshop focuses on perfecting the primary series. July 25-26, from 1pm to 4pm, from Dh275 per session, Urban Yoga, Business Bay, Downtown Dubai, 04 369 7882, www.urbanyoga.ae
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RedCrow Intelligence Company Profile
Started: 2016
Founders: Hussein Nasser Eddin, Laila Akel, Tayeb Akel
Based: Ramallah, Palestine
Sector: Technology, Security
# of staff: 13
Investment: $745,000
Investors: Palestine’s Ibtikar Fund, Abu Dhabi’s Gothams and angel investors
Company Fact Box
Company name/date started: Abwaab Technologies / September 2019
Founders: Hamdi Tabbaa, co-founder and CEO. Hussein Alsarabi, co-founder and CTO
Based: Amman, Jordan
Sector: Education Technology
Size (employees/revenue): Total team size: 65. Full-time employees: 25. Revenue undisclosed
Stage: early-stage startup
Investors: Adam Tech Ventures, Endure Capital, Equitrust, the World Bank-backed Innovative Startups SMEs Fund, a London investment fund, a number of former and current executives from Uber and Netflix, among others.
Visa changes give families fresh hope
Foreign workers can sponsor family members based solely on their income
Male residents employed in the UAE can sponsor immediate family members, such as wife and children, subject to conditions that include a minimum salary of Dh 4,000 or Dh 3,000 plus accommodation.
Attested original marriage certificate, birth certificate of the child, ejari or rental contract, labour contract, salary certificate must be submitted to the government authorised typing centre to complete the sponsorship process
In Abu Dhabi, a woman can sponsor her husband and children if she holds a residence permit stating she is an engineer, teacher, doctor, nurse or any profession related to the medical sector and her monthly salary is at least Dh 10,000 or Dh 8,000 plus accommodation.
In Dubai, if a woman is not employed in the above categories she can get approval to sponsor her family if her monthly salary is more than Dh 10,000 and with a special permission from the Department of Naturalization and Residency Dubai.
To sponsor parents, a worker should earn Dh20,000 or Dh19,000 a month, plus a two-bedroom accommodation
