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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250510
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SUMMARY:Youth Takeover 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Jameel’s annual Youth Takeover is the manifestation of the Assembly\, an experimental learning programme designed to foster creative leaders aged 18 to 24 in the UAE\, “inviting the creation and curation of projects reflective of their generation’s areas of interest”. The Assembly 2024-2025 cohort comprises multimedia graphic designer Abrar Kebaili\, visual artist and designer Ayesha Fernandes\, multimedia designer and writer Desirée Barreto\, literary artist Ioanna Orphanide\, poet Jared Maxilom\, researcher and writer Manal Nadeem\, architect and researcher Omar Darwish\, exhibition designer Sanjushrree Subash\, and poet Syed Haider. \nThis year’s theme for the Youth Takeover – a physical takeover of spaces on the Jameel’s ground floor – is titled ‘Spoon Spade Shovel’. It covers experiments in how the Assembly members dig\, sift and stir through the world\, “offering a network of creative experiences as tools for excavation\, reflection and play … The exhibition presents a range of interdisciplinary works that use tools – literal and metaphorical – to question how we make and remake meaning”. These works sit uneasily beside one another\, but their differences are invitations rather than obstacles  “whether you sift or stir\, extract or excavate\, your experience will be shaped by the tool you reach for: its size\, scale\, heft and intent. You are invited to inhabit this instability and co-compose the meanings that emerge … What you take from this exhibition depends on what you bring to it”. \nThe artists are: \nAyesha Fernandes with Svabhu Kohli\nDesirée Barreto with Angie Pais and Mouza Al Hamrani\nIoanna Orphanide with Danae Orphanide and Ilya Akimov\nJared Maxilom with Halo-Halo Experiment\, Vinyl Souk and memoryall\nManal Nadeem with Khaled Esguerra and Jed Bacason\nOmar Darwish with Fatma Al Ali and Maitha Ali\nSanjushrree Subash with Danutė Vaitekūnaitė and Farheen Fatima\nSyed Haider with Hessa Lootah\, Souldier and Aqib Anwar \nBesides the commissioned artworks\, the Youth Takeover 2025 features a public programme. These are all free\, but re-registration is required: \n10 May 10 \n– Opening Preview and panel discussion with the Assembly 2024-2025 members and programme curators Abhirami Suresh and Nabeeha Sajjad\n– Musical Activation: Translating Oscillations by artist Mckie Alvarez\n– Musical Performance: ABRI \n11 May \n– Workshop: Synthesising Landscapes (Part 1) with Assembly members Ayesha Fernandes and Ioanna Orphanide \n17 May \n– Tour: Assembly-led exhibition tour\n– Workshop: Portable Beats – DIY Music with Pocket Operators. Music production workshop by artist PHO\, in collaboration with Vinyl Souk\n– Gathering: Storytelling – The Journey of Design by graphic designer Poorvaja Subramanian and Assembly member Abrar Kebaili\n– Musical Activation: Translating Oscillations by Madam Void \n18 May \n– Workshop: You may now sleep? by artist Henry Tan\n– Themed activation: me.me con by artist Fatima Raza and Assembly member Desiree Barreto \n24 May \n– Performance Tour: And the Tools Begin to Speak – Poets in Response to Spoon Spade Shovel by poets Ahmed Gihad Hamad\, Dania Dawn\, Jared Maxilom\, Malavika Suresh\, Pankaj Kanchandani\, Sarah Afaneh\, Shania Laude and Syed Haider\n– Performance: lorem ipsum 9-to-5 by Andres Ugartechea\n– Musical activation: Translating Oscillations by Joe Najm \n25 May \n– Tour: Assembly-led Youth Takeover 2025 tour\n– Workshop: Between the Gesture and the Ground by artists Aya Afaneh and Yoonsik Chico Park\n– Workshop: Dwelling in the In-between: A Workshop of Waiting\, Devotion and Movement by writer and performance artist Faraz Ali \n31 May \n– Tour and workshop: Family Saturdays at the Jameel by Assembly member Ayesha Fernandes\n– Workshop: Monuments and Enchantment – Inhabiting Urban Space by artist-researcher Maitha Ali\n– Musical activation: Translating Oscillations by PHO \n1 June  \n– Interactive performance: Synthesising Landscapes (Part 2) by artists Aakarsh Singh and Ahmed Bilal\n– Musical activation: Feedback Loops: A Sunset Sound Gathering by artists Cyrill Reaidy and Kirill Zhan of Moist Paper Party \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/youth-takeover-2025/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250526
DTSTAMP:20260422T001314
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SUMMARY:Dubomedy's Comedy Mix Tape
DESCRIPTION:Dubomedy’s improv evening is back with graduates of Dubomedy’s workshops plus special guests – a total of 22 comedians on stage across two shows\, apparently – in “a hilarious mash-up of stand-up and improv”. This is a double-header\, with shows at 6pm and 8.30pm; they’re free (with a minimum spend of one drink or one food item) but these shows fill up fast\, so RSVP to get a seat. Note that you’ll to book each show separately.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/dubomedys-comedy-mix-tape/
LOCATION:Paramount Hotel Midtown\, Al Mustaqbal Street\, Business Bay\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Improv
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250526
DTSTAMP:20260422T001314
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Habuba Farah: Beams of Light
DESCRIPTION:A selection of works from the 1970s to the present by the noted Lebanese-Brazilian artist\, including oils on canvas\, gouache on paper\, and pencil drawings. A highlight is her exploration of ‘neutral gray’ or coloured gray\, achieved by blending primary colours with their complementary counterparts in geometric compositions that often resemble beams of light. \nDespite facing health challenges and well into her 90s\, Farah remains devoted to her practice. “My body may be fragile\, but my mind is a whirlwind. I continue to create and reinvent myself\, using collages and drawings as new ways to express my vision”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-habuba-farah-beams-of-light/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250526
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE A Room of One’s Own
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Duygu Demir\, NYUAD assistant professor of Art History and curator at the Art Gallery\, this exhibition features new work by current MFA students Maha Alasaker\, Yuehan Dai\, Nour Elbery\, Almaha Jaralla\, Tooba Shaikh\, and Shaima Shamsi that has been developed over the past year. A Room of One’s Own invites viewers to consider the possibilities that emerge when artists are given the freedom to create; the exhibition borrows its title from Virginia Woolf’s 1929 essay\, which argued that creative work requires both physical space and material support; the works on show reflect on personal and shared histories\, examining themes such as colonialism\, displacement\, systems of power\, environmental transformation\, and the boundaries\, mental and physical\, that define experience.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-a-room-of-ones-own/
LOCATION:NYUAD Project Space\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250525T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250525T160000
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SUMMARY:Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: Bik Van der Pol’s The poem that jumps the fence
DESCRIPTION:Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu Dhabi Beach and workshops connecting words and sand as real and symbolic material that binds our world; every Sunday afternoon\, a performer writes a poem in the sand\, only for it to fade away. During workshops in collaboration with local poets and writers\, participants generate text for the performances. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/public-art-abu-dhabi-biennial-poetry-workshop-1-in-between-us-within-bik-van-der-pols-the-poem-that-jumps-the-fence-2/2025-05-25/
LOCATION:Abu Dhabi Beach\, Al Hisn Street\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250525T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250525T214000
DTSTAMP:20260422T001314
CREATED:20250429T154041Z
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SUMMARY:Zodi et Téhu – Frères du Désert: dir Alain Berberian (1993)
DESCRIPTION:A tale of courage\, friendship\, and adventure for all ages. Zodi\, a 12-year-old nomad\, discovers an orphaned baby camel in the desert. He names it Téhu and forms a deep bond with the animal. He dreams of entering Téhu in the world’s biggest camel race\, in Abu Dhabi\, but first he has to evade the poachers … \nIn French with English subtitles. AED 35 is the non-members price; AF members pay AED 25.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/zodi-et-tehu-freres-du-desert-dir-alain-berberian-1993/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250525T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250525T223000
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SUMMARY:Bagjan Oktyabr: Soul Therapy
DESCRIPTION:The noted Kazakhstan / Turkish cellist performs his well-known and much loved ‘Soul Therapy; programme\, accompanied by a chamber orchestra  – music from famous Turkish movies and TV series\, folk songs\, romantic ballads\, classics\, and “simply soulful works that are close to your heart … The name of the concert speaks for itself”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bagjan-oktyabr-soul-therapy/
LOCATION:Zabeel Theatre\, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray\, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Concert
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