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Comment: 17 October 2024

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Give for Lebanon The UAE public raised AED 110 million in the first week of the aid-for-Lebanon campaign, says The National. You can still do your bit via this link.  Urban gems DCT Abu [ … ]

Creative economy

City culture come to Dubai

The 13th World Cities Culture Summit is being held in Dubai at the end of the month, from 30 October to 1 November. WCCS is basically a meeting of civic administrators from more than 40 cities around the world, people who believe [ … ]

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Comment: 10 October 2024

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Give for Lebanon The official ‘UAE stands with Lebanon’ campaign has launched. There are lots of opportunities to contribute, but perhaps the simplest is a donation to the Emirates Red Crescent via this link.  [ … ]

Performance

Sound and vision: Odeya Nini at NYUAD

“Today I call myself an interdisciplinary artist”, Odeya Nini told magpie. “My practice is one that is an experience of the aural, visual, mental and physical.” She’s bringing that experience to The Arts Center at NYUAD on 9 October, and [ … ]

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Comment: 3 October 2024

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Open here NYUAD Art Gallery’s Fall show Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial is now open, and it’s every bit as impressive as we expected. Featuring a variety of work by 21 artists, [ … ]