{"id":2499,"date":"2021-12-02T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:46:56","slug":"emirati-poets-join-aus-national-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2021\/12\/02\/emirati-poets-join-aus-national-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirati Poets Join AUS National Day Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Hala Chaaban<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates \u2013 Emirati poets joined the United Arab Emirates 50<sup>th<\/sup> National Day celebrations at the American University of Sharjah on Nov. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was held by the Emirati Cultural Club on campus after the COVID-19 break.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event opened with a marching band, followed by the traditional \u2018Yola\u2019 dance and several other performances.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Emirati poets that joined the event was a very nice addition as no one expected it,\u201d said Dana Esam, sophomore marketing student.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe variety of activities made it very interesting and enjoyable,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cafes and clothing brands sold their items and food. The event also included traditional Emirati abayas and sweets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giveaways such as scarves were handed to students who participated in activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe National Anthem played by the instrumental band is something new and interesting,\u201d said Nour Hosam, electrical engineering junior student.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posters were hung over the campus buildings to inform students about the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students, teachers, staff and people from outside the university joined in the National Day celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security staff ensured that everyone wore masks and followed the COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hala Chaaban SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates \u2013 Emirati poets joined the United Arab Emirates 50th National Day celebrations at the American University of Sharjah on Nov. 24. The event was held by the Emirati Cultural Club on campus after the COVID-19 break.&nbsp; The event opened with a marching band, followed by the traditional \u2018Yola\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,34,32,30,16,35,17,31,39,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-2499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-aus","9":"tag-caad","10":"tag-campus","11":"tag-cas","12":"tag-cen","13":"tag-clubs","14":"tag-community","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-sba","17":"tag-sharjah-uae"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}