"Where Skill Meets Fun" was the theme of a seven-week summer program for more than 1,400 young people in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
The program, organized by the Sharjah Youth under the auspices of the Rubu' Qarn Foundation for Creating Leaders and Innovators, was designed to " polish skills, unearth budding innovators, and channel their fervour into the realms of technology, art, culture, creativity, and sports," per a press release.
Participants, aged 13 to 18, took part in 257 activities that included photography, art, culture, creativity, and sports, the release noted.
"All these activities worked together to improve the participant's skills in a well-rounded way," per the press release.
An exhibit at the end of the program showed the young people's creations, including glass containers filled with plant landscapes and rugs and artistic things they made using their crafting skills.
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