AJMAN // A huge air-conditioned tent will be at the centre of Ramadan celebrations in Ajman this year.
The tent, being built on the emirate's corniche by the Ajman Awqaf and Islamic Affairs department, will host beach football tournaments alongside more traditional family and religious events.
Quranic competitions, Islamic seminars, children's plays and dramas will take place in the tent away from the scorching summer heat, said Saeed Seif Al Matroushi, the director general of the organising committee.
"We want everyone to be comfortable to participate in all our programmes despite the temperatures outside," he said.
The tent can hold 1,000 people. About 15 teams will compete for the Ramadan beach football trophy this year.
Away from the activities on the beach, some of the world's most renowned Quran reciters will lead a night of Taraweh prayers in Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Ajman. The reciters will include Sheikh Farsi Abed from Yemen, Sheikh Idris Abkar from Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Shirazad Abdul Rahaman from Iraq and Sheikh Abdul Razak Al Dulaimi, also from Iraq.
[ ykakande@thenational.ae ]
Crime Wave
Heavyweight boxer Fury revealed on Sunday his cousin had been “stabbed in the neck” and called on the courts to address the wave of more sentencing of offenders.
Rico Burton, 31, was found with stab wounds at around 3am on Sunday in Goose Green, Altrincham and subsequently died of his injuries.
“My cousin was murdered last night, stabbed in the neck this is becoming ridiculous … idiots carry knives. This needs to stop,”
Fury said. “Asap, UK government needs to bring higher sentencing for knife crime, it’s a pandemic & you don’t know how bad it is until [it’s] 1 of your own!
COMPANY PROFILE
Company name: Klipit
Started: 2022
Founders: Venkat Reddy, Mohammed Al Bulooki, Bilal Merchant, Asif Ahmed, Ovais Merchant
Based: Dubai, UAE
Industry: Digital receipts, finance, blockchain
Funding: $4 million
Investors: Privately/self-funded
Company Profile
Company name: Cargoz
Date started: January 2022
Founders: Premlal Pullisserry and Lijo Antony
Based: Dubai
Number of staff: 30
Investment stage: Seed
UK - UAE Trade
Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and the UAE in 2022 was £21.6 billion (Dh98 billion).
This is an increase of 63.0 per cent or £8.3 billion in current prices from the four quarters to the end of 2021.
The UAE was the UK’s 19th largest trading partner in the four quarters to the end of Q4 2022 accounting for 1.3 per cent of total UK trade.
EA Sports FC 24
Developer: EA Vancouver, EA Romania
Publisher: EA Sports
Consoles: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4&5, PC and Xbox One
Rating: 3.5/5