Media Release

Ajman, Mar 11: Gulf Medical University (GMU), the leading medical university in the region owned and operated by Thumbay Group celebrated its annual ‘Global Day 2017’ on Friday March 10 to mark the cultural diversity of the university’s 75+ student nationalities.

The event held on the university grounds witnessed around 3000 visitors including the university students and staff as well as their friends and relatives. Every year, GMU celebrates Global Day, which provides the students a platform to display the essence of their ethnicities and cultures.

The Global Day celebrations were inaugurated by professor Gita Ashok Raj - provost of GMU, in the presence of the deans of GMU’s colleges. Accompanied by the deans, she toured the country pavilions where students had exhibited food and costumes, as well as other exhibits relevant to their culture and history. Appreciating the students for their efforts, she said that the annual Global Day was GMU’s way of bringing together students, faculty, staff and their families to celebrate the University’s ‘Unity in Diversity’. The venue was also visited by Thumbay Moideen - founder, president of the Board of Governors of GMU.

The GMU campus gleamed with a variety of hues as the students, who hail from as many as 75 nationalities, were dressed in their respective traditional attires. Students also performed on stage, entertaining the audience with some great displays of talent. Individual country pavilions set-up at the venue presented the national heritage of the respective country and treated visitors to some delicious ethnic food. Various competitions were held, such as selection of the best pavilion, food, hospitality, teamwork, country performances as well as talent and fashion shows.

Professor Gita Ashok Raj awarded the prizes to the competition winners. Iraq and UAE students won the Overall Champions prize.

Prizes in various categories:
Pavilion prizes: First prize: UAE
Second prize: Palestine
Third prize: Iraq

Honorary pavilion prizes:
Best entrance gate: Pakistan
Best cultural food: Egypt
Best hospitality: India
Best teamwork: Syria

Fashion show:
First prize: Palestine
Secnd prize: Eqypt
Third prize: Iraq

Country performances:
First prize:India
Second prize: Nigeriaand
Third prize: UAE

Talent show winners (individual performances):
First prize: Khalid
Second prize: Aiswarya
Third prize: Yasmin

Participation prizes: Khalid Muhammad Rasha, Latif and Abdul Salam

Overall Champions: Iraq and UAE