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Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF)

Expo Centre Sharjah Sharjah

The 42nd edition of SIBF promises to be the fair’s biggest edition ever, claiming to show more than 1.5 million titles by 2,000 publishing houses representing 108 different countries. There will also be a packed 12-day agenda of 1,700 activities [ ... ]

Free

Noura Ali-Al Ramahi: Sustainable Art Awareness Project

Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi

The Lebanese-born Emirati artist has a number of works showing in the public areas of the Four Seasons in a collaboration between the hotel and her gallery, ArtBooth. Noura Al Ramahi has long been commited to eco-friendly art; her reflective [ ... ]

Free

Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time No.2

Berklee Abu Dhabi UAE Pavilion, Saadiyat ISland, Abu Dhabi

Now this is an unexpected offering from Berklee: the revised version of William Forsythe's Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time, a kind of DIY performance piece that encourages you to experience space, movement, other people, the absence of other [ ... ]

AED20

The Abbasid Caliph and His People: A View From the Centre

NYUAD Campus, Conference Centre NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This talk explores the conventional representations of the Abbasid dynasty, highlighting its perceived trajectory from its rise in the mid-eighth century to its decline in the tenth century. Letizia Osti, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature a the University [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai

Ten actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5, and the one with the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]

Free but donations welcome