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Al Roeya: Weighing the Quality of Education
Educational performance can be simplified into an equation: educational effectiveness, meaning the achievement of educational goals, multiplied by educational efficiency, meaning the cost and time required to achieve them. Current statistics show both to be low in the Arab world. Education accounts for 25% of government expenditure in Saudi Arabia, 22.5% in the UAE and […]
Comment: Nomophobia, the Fear of Losing Connectivity, and Managing Mobile Phone Use
Dania Al Shamaa — Al Roeya Mobile phones have become an essential and important part of people's lives. Some become anxious when their phones lose network coverage and they cannot make calls, making them more vulnerable to a pathological fear known as nomophobia. Treatment involves gradually increasing the time spent without a mobile phone. A […]
Highlights from the Security and Privacy on Social Media Platforms Workshop
On Saturday, 14 July 2018, the Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture and Heritage in Dubai organised a workshop entitled “Security and Privacy on Social Media Platforms”. It was delivered by Abdalnour Sami, an information security expert and internationally accredited trainer from the British Academy for Human Resource Development, in cooperation with Mirkad Publishing and […]
Uber’s Shocking Breach: Personal Privacy Begins with You
This is not the first time a major company has concealed a security breach to protect its reputation and avoid losing customers, prioritising profits over the personal harm those customers may suffer. With credibility and transparency absent, users' data is left in grave danger instead of their being warned and given precautionary steps to protect […]
Abdalnour Sami at the Health Ambassadors Graduation Ceremony
Abdalnour Sami attended the Health Ambassadors graduation ceremony at the seventh annual gathering of the Together for Prevention Before Treatment project. He was honoured for delivering a lecture to the Health Ambassadors on protecting children online.
How to Use the Internet Safely and Avoid Viruses
Data security consultant Abdalnour Sami explained how to make the best possible use of the internet while avoiding the risks encountered online. He added that safe use means being aware of our surroundings, understanding the technologies used for protection, and putting them to work to keep us safe while using the internet.
Losing My Wallet in a Dubai Taxi
However carefully we look after our possessions, we are bound to have a lapse that distracts us and makes us lose awareness of our surroundings. Personally, I have not lost many things in my life. Opportunities, perhaps? I have lost intangible things of great importance, and their loss had a profound effect on me. Material […]
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Innovation Camp 2016
Al Hayat Tawazun’s news report on the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s second Innovation Camp in the United Arab Emirates. The camp offered a variety of activities and theoretical and practical training for children up to the age of seventeen. I delivered several lectures to the young people of this promising generation, who will shoulder the responsibility […]