Watch: UAE University students return from Spain trip with heightened knowledge of arts and culture

Watch: UAE University students return from Spain trip with heightened knowledge of arts and culture

Dubai: Twelve students from the UAE University (UAEU) have returned from a successful one-week immersive trip to Spain, bringing with them not only memories, but also a deeper understanding of another country’s culture. The students who were part of the trip were Abdulla Alseiari, Hamad Aldhanhani, Abdulla Alaidaroos, Theyab Alderei, Khalifa Alkhyeli, Mohammed AlAmim, Zainab AlDhanhani, Maryam AlKaabi, Reem AlYaqoubi, Maryam AlMurshidi, Alya AlDhaheri, and Aalyah Alnuaimi. They visited the city of Pamplona, which is world-famous for its San Fermin Festival, where people experience the thrilling and risky running of the bulls — a tradition immortalised by the iconic American novelist Ernest Hemingway in his novel ‘Fiesta’. They also went to Bilbao, an industrial port city in northern Spain surrounded by green mountains, as well as the resort town of San Sebastian on the Bay of Biscay in the mountainous Basque Country, renowned for its cuisine and recognised as “the greatest gastronomic destination in Spain”. The Spain trip was organised by the UAEU and Universidad de Navarra under its ILCE (Instituto de Lenguay Cultura Españolas) study abroad programme. The students visited the Pamplona Cathedral and immersed in Spanish art from the masterpieces of Pablo Picasso to the photographs of Jose