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LAST CHANCE Shalabia Ibrahim: Fields of Memory

Artbooth Gallery Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu Dhabi

A solo exhibition curated by Randa Sadaka, promising “a rare and intimate journey into a visual language shaped by the intersections of Egyptian and Syrian modernities”. Born in Egypt and long based in Syria, Ibrahim’s practice is informed by the [ ... ]

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Ahmad AlAttar: Human in the Loop

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi

Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation that takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. Hanging ropes are suspended from the ceiling and visitors are invited to pull on them; each [ ... ]

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Fête de la Musique

Alliance Française Dubai Dubai

The Alliance Française organisation runs an annual Fête de la Musique in most of its locations around the world, with the local management getting to choose the music – almost always Francophone performers, of course, but none the worse for [ ... ]

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Dubai Bibliophiles: Susan Choi, Flashlight

The Coffee Club Times Square Center, 4B Street, Dubai

A monumental 2025 novel from the National Book Award winner, Flashlight spans decades and continents in a spellbinding investigation of family, loss, memory, and the ways in which we are shaped by what we cannot see. Powerful stuff: "domestically sprawling, [ ... ]

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Scheherazade

Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

The UAE National Orchestra tackles the Rimsky-Korsakov classic, with its vivid storytelling and shimmering orchestration of an orchestral work inspired by the stories of One Thousand and One Nights. Expect exotic instrumental combinations and dazzling solos that showcase every section [ ... ]

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A Night at the Musicals

Meyana Theatre Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Street, Dubai

Musical Theatre Dubai (MTDXB) is promising "entertainment at its most electric, most joyful, and most unmissable" in form of a greatest-hits celebration of the world's most celebrated musicals, delivered by one of Dubai's most decorated performance companies. "Expect powerhouse vocals, [ ... ]

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