Culture and Varieties

December 7, 2021/ Socotra Online Coverage and photography: Saad Muhammad Taha – Muhammad bin Muhaimid The Sultan Ali Essa Al Afrar Heritage Festival achieved great success in terms of organization and large public attendance, as it gave the festival a more beautiful heritage taste. Where official and popular leaders praised the efforts of the management of the festival, which was ...

October 19, 2021/ Socotra Online Reporting: Ahmed Jamaan Photography: Ibrahim Youssef Poets from Socotra left to participate in the Million’s Poet competition in the United Arab Emirates. Where the participation of the poet Ahmed Noah Al-Shakhmy and Ghanem Salem Muallem for the first time from Socotra comes in light of the interest and encouragement that the UAE provides to the ...

November 17, 2021/ Socotra Online Reporting and Photography: Said Bu Wazir – Aref Abdo The Socotra Cuisine Department of the Sultan Ali bin Isa bin Afrar Heritage Festival in Socotra Governorate presented the festival’s visitors with various Socotra dishes. The festival, by dedicating a section for Socotra cuisine, provided an opportunity for the participants and visitors to the festival to ...

November 21, 2021/ Socotra Online Coverage and photography: Muhammad bin Muhaimid – Ibrahim Youssef – Aref Abdo Continuation of the activities of the Sultan Ali Essa bin Afrar Heritage Festival for the year 2021 for the third week in a row in Socotra Governorate. In its third week, the festival witnessed various activities, as it hosted the Socotra Folklore Troupe, ...

November 9, 2021/ Socotra Online Reporting and Photography: Ibrahim Youssef – Muhammad bin Muhaimid – Said Bu Wazir The launch of the Sultan Ali bin Essa bin Afrar Heritage Festival, with the support of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation and in coordination with the office of the Ministry of Culture in the governorate, made a great positive impression ...

#Announcement The management of the Sultan Ali Essa bin Afrar Festival announces camel races, which will start on Thursday and Friday, corresponding to November 25-26, 2021. The ages of the participating groups must be: From 12 to 15 years old From 15 to 18 years old From 18 to 25 years old Therefore, the festival administration urges those wishing to ...

August 08, 2021 –Socotra Online Reporting and Photography: Saad Mohamed Taha -Arif Abdo In the midst of an official and popular presence, the Competition of Poet of Socotra was launched, the largest public competition, which comes within the activities of the annual Sheikh Zayed Festival in Satorah, west of Nujed, in which 12 prominent poets of the island would compete ...

 November 14, 2021/ Socotra Online Reporting and Photography: Ibrahim Youssef – Mohamed bin Muhaimid The Air Rescue Unit of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation organized an introductory air reconnaissance tour for a number of children on the island on a helicopter. Dozens of children participated in the inspection tour that toured the city of Hadiboh and its suburbs, ...

 August 15, 2021 –Socotra Online Reporting: Ahmed Jamaan               Photography: Ibrahim Youssef The Emirates Red Crescent organized a celebration for the brides of the fourth collective wedding, which was held on the past Saturday in Sheikh Zayed 1 City in Satorah with support of the Emirates Red Crescent. The celebration added happiness and joy for the women who participated in ...