BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//magpie - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:magpie X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://magpie.ae X-WR-CALDESC:Events for magpie REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Dubai BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTSTAMP:20261019T114159Z CREATED:20261019T114002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T114159Z UID:10014394-1793145600-1793491199@magpie.ae SUMMARY:đ—”đ—§đ˜†đ—œđ—œ 𝟼𝟬𝟼đŸČ đ—Šđ—”đ—źđ—żđ—·đ—źđ—” DESCRIPTION:ATypI is the Association Typographique International\, the nonprofit global forum for type and typography. It was established in 1957 to unite European type manufacturers at a time of technological change and to promote typography education and awareness in general. Its annual conference has taken place every year since its foundation\, but this is its first time in the Middle East. \nThe programme has four packed days of keynote lectures\, talks\, workshops\, exhibitions\, and “cultural experiences” celebrating typography across languages\, cultures\, and disciplines. The theme is Between — Tradition | Transition | Transformation\, “exploring how typography moves across scripts\, disciplines\, tools\, cultures\, and time”. In fact the sessions look rather less staid and academic than this implies. \nThe member price is $650 for the four days\, and there’s a $300 rate for students. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/%f0%9d%97%94%f0%9d%97%a7%f0%9d%98%86%f0%9d%97%bd%f0%9d%97%9c-%f0%9d%9f%ae%f0%9d%9f%ac%f0%9d%9f%ae%f0%9d%9f%b2-%f0%9d%97%a6%f0%9d%97%b5%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%bf%f0%9d%97%b7%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%b5/ LOCATION:University of the Arts\, University City\, Sharjah CATEGORIES:Typography GEO:25.29843;55.4823561 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of the Arts University City Sharjah;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=University City:geo:55.4823561,25.29843 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260925T071328Z CREATED:20260916T081312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T071328Z UID:10014163-1793145600-1793577599@magpie.ae SUMMARY:MAWASIM: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art DESCRIPTION:Christie’s first live auction of fine art in Abu Dhabi takes place on 1 November\, preceded by two viewing days open to all. There will be more than 70 works from six decades of museum-quality art that traces the evolution of artistic practices across the Middle East and North Africa. \nHighlights include 
 \nPaul Guiragossian\, Noces (1958-59) A vibrant wedding scene that reflects Guiragossian’s enduring themes of home\, community and human connection; the work was exhibited at his first major exhibition in Lebanon in 1959. Estimate: $300\,000-500\,000 \nSamia Halaby\, Yesterday (1978) An important work from Samia Halaby’s 1970s\, when the Palestinian-American artist forged her distinctive language of geometric abstraction. Estimate: $200\,000-300\,000 \nMohamed Melehi\, A30 (1962: right) From Mohamed Melehi’s seminal 1960–62 series of ‘black works’\, reflecting his experimentation with the bianco e nero technique and his engagement with Zen and Sufi. Estimate:$100\,000-150\,000 \nNadia Saikali\, Mandala Bleu Nuit (1982) From an important mature phase of Saikali’s work\, characterised by its meditative and spiritual abstraction. Four other works from the Barjeel Art Foundation are also offered in the sale.  Estimate: $30\,000-50\,000 \nMarwan Kassab-Bachi\, Kopf (Head) (1987) A pivotal moment in the evolution of Marwan’s portraiture\, moving from the horizontally stretched facial landscapes of the 1970s towards the vertical\, frontal heads that became a defining motif of his mature practice. Estimate: $200\,000-300\,000 \nInji Efflatoun\, Untitled (1987) One of Inji Efflatoun’s last works\, representing the culmination of the Egyptian modernist’s practice\, characterised by a lyrical synthesis of nature and the built environment through expressive colour and line. One of eight works from the Dalloul Collection offered in the auction. Estimate: $40\,000-60\,000 \nThe auction will be accompanied by a programme of previews\, talks and educational events; details to be announced “in due course”\, but signing up for Christie’s mailers will presumably get you advance information. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mawasim-20-years-of-modern-and-contemporary-middle-eastern-art/ LOCATION:The Abu Dhabi Edition\, Al Bateen Marina\, Abu Dhabi CATEGORIES:Art,Auction,Exhibition GEO:24.450925;54.3363222 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Abu Dhabi Edition Al Bateen Marina Abu Dhabi;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Bateen Marina:geo:54.3363222,24.450925 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261031 DTSTAMP:20260925T071028Z CREATED:20260818T142601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T071028Z UID:10014041-1793318400-1793404799@magpie.ae SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Hisham Sharif: Allusive Veil DESCRIPTION:Sharif’s first solo exhibition in the UAE presents an autobiographical and very personal series of works about the struggles of private and artist life in a closed society – “a vulnerable\, nuanced presentation of life”. The Bahraini artist uses colour to convey privacy and intimacy\, “expressive hues that meld harsh truths with illusions of what could be 
 Sharif’s approach ensures that his depiction of these taboos is conveyed through humble depictions that preserve a certain Oriental sensibility\, avoiding the shock value or censorship they might otherwise provoke. The scenes are all about ambiance\, a haze of what was\, what is\, and what could be”. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/70784/ LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ayyam Gallery B11 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=B11\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTSTAMP:20261028T132416Z CREATED:20261021T083323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T132416Z UID:10014407-1793318400-1793491199@magpie.ae SUMMARY:Al Quoz Creative Entrepreneurship Forum DESCRIPTION:The forum\, now in its fourth annual edition\, promises two days of conversations\, practical workshops and opportunities to connect organised by Dubai Culture: “from building a brand and finding funding to exploring AI and telling your story\, the programme offers fresh perspectives and practical tools to help move your ideas forward 
 Whether you’re starting something new or growing a project you love\, come meet others making things happen”. \nThe programme (downloadable PDF here) looks really good – a packed two days with lots of been-there done-that speakers. We hear some places are still available: register here (it’s free). URL:https://magpie.ae/event/al-quoz-creative-entrepreneurship-forum-2/ LOCATION:Al Khayat Avenue\, 10 19 Street\, Al Quoz\, Dubai CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Festival GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Al Khayat Avenue 10 19 Street Al Quoz Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 19 Street\, Al Quoz:geo:55.2285748,25.1399294 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTSTAMP:20261028T101647Z CREATED:20261026T121008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T101647Z UID:10014432-1793318400-1794182399@magpie.ae SUMMARY:Sharjah Film Platform 9 DESCRIPTION:Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual celebration of indie/experimental cinema returns for its ninth edition with a 10-day lineup of films (26 of them) plus talks and artist development programmes. Screenings and events will take place at Mirage City Cinema\, SAF’s open-air theatre in Arts Square\, with some showings at VOX Cinemas at City Centre Al Zahia. \nOpening the festival is Letters (2025)\, an anthology of 17 short films by Josef Khallouf reflecting on Lebanon’s recent history. The programme also includes David Bim’s To the West\, in Zapata (2025)\, which follows a Cuban crocodile hunter’s struggle to provide for his family; Azeem Rajulawalla’s More Punk Than Punk (2025)\, a portrait of a Pakistani punk artist whose music brings together personal expression and political concerns; Minimals in a Titanic World (2025) by Philbert AimĂ© Mbabazi\, exploring an emerging friendship in the shadow of grief; and Hind Saeed Al Basti’s Alia & Meera (2026)\, a story of two best friends whose small lie uncovers a family secret. \nThe festival closes with Larissa Sansour’s highly rated recent feature\, An Incomplete Drowning (2026)\, a contemplation on the fragility of objects and their capacity to hold history. \nThis edition also premieres two newly completed short films supported by the Sharjah Film Platform Short Film Production Grant. In I Broke a Vase (2026)\, Asim Abdulaziz explores the haunting legacy of a former journalist; Fatima Wardy’s White Musk (2026) looks at the tensions that arise when a child is compelled to parent their own parent. \nAlways central to SFP is the Competition section\, showcasing documentary and fiction films released within the past two years. Nominated by an international committee of filmmakers and industry professionals\, all titles here are being shown in the UAE for the first time; a number of screenings will be followed by Q&A sessions with the directors. \nFilms in the Competition section are eligible for the Sharjah Film Platform Awards across four categories: Documentary Feature\, Documentary Short\, Fiction Feature and Fiction Short. \nThe Director in Focus segment honours an iconic filmmaker through screenings of their landmark films. This year the accolade goes to Abderrahmane Sissako\, whose poetic films explore themes of exile and memory across Africa; a selection of his films will be screened\, among them Timbuktu (2014)\, Bamako (2006) and Black Tea (2024: still above). Sissako will share insights into his practice in a masterclass on 7 November. \nThe full programme is here; most feature tickets are a bargain AED 15\, some screenings are free. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sharjah-film-platform-9/ LOCATION:[various Sharjah locations] CATEGORIES:Festival,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://magpie.ae/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/black-tea.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T200000 DTSTAMP:20261003T144319Z CREATED:20261003T144319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T144319Z UID:10014302-1793386800-1793390400@magpie.ae SUMMARY:Joke Jam DESCRIPTION:The Pepp’s regular early-evening showcase of Dubai’s local comedy talent\, always with four standups on stage. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-jam-2/ LOCATION:Pepperoni Comedy Club\, 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center\, Dubai CATEGORIES:Comedy GEO:25.2194872;55.2844808 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel One Central World Trade Center Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center:geo:55.2844808,25.2194872 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T193000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T210000 DTSTAMP:20261026T131421Z CREATED:20261026T131308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T131421Z UID:10014435-1793388600-1793394000@magpie.ae SUMMARY:The Big Wooden Whoopsie DESCRIPTION:“Comedy is just tragedy plus time. It’s been 3\,000 years. We’re legally allowed to be hilarious.” This original comedy – written and co-directed by top Dubai photo/videographer Ovidiu Dugulan – surveys the final stretch of a ten-year siege of Troy\, a job that should’ve taken three days 
 It’s good to see an original comedy\, written and produced locally\, and staged with a substantial cast of 12 actors (and possibly a big if badly built wooden horse). \nThere are further performances on 31 October and 1 November. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-big-wooden-whoopsie/ LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates CATEGORIES:Theatre GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Junction Unit H72 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T193000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T210000 DTSTAMP:20261027T115524Z CREATED:20261027T115524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T115524Z UID:10014441-1793388600-1793394000@magpie.ae SUMMARY:Fouad Boussouf and CCN du Havre Normandie: NĂ€ss (People) DESCRIPTION:The UAE premiere of NĂ€ss (People) by Moroccan choreographer Fouad Boussouf and his company Le Phare – CCN du Havre Normandie is an encounter between the raw energy of 1970s Moroccan music and the physical intensity of contemporary hip-hop. \nInspired by the influential 1970s Moroccan group Nass el Ghiwane\, NĂ€ss draws a connection between cutting social commentary in the Maghreb and a contemporary search for identity and roots within hip-hop culture in the banlieues. NĂ€ss also channels the individual strengths of its seven performers to create a collective\, trance-like work that is at once physical and meditative. \nFor Boussouf\, dance is pure impulse\, momentum\, movement – concepts which also define his artistic journey\, driven by his innate curiosity and his desire to escape. His early years in an isolated Moroccan village represented a clean\, monastic simplicity; but when he was seven\, his family moved to France and he found he had to learn quickly about a new culture and societal codes. As a teenager\, he found hip hop and that became the building blocks for his personal style of movement and then choreography. \nAppointed director of Le Havre’s Centre ChorĂ©graphique National in 2022\, he has continued to develop a street dance aesthetic that channels spontaneity and nonstop movement. \nNĂ€ss is presented with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef and Arpels. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/fouad-boussouf-and-ccn-du-havre-normandie-nass-people/ LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates CATEGORIES:Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://magpie.ae/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Nass-3-©-Gwendal-Le-Flem-copy.jpg GEO:24.5238948;54.4345558 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island:geo:54.4345558,24.5238948 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T220000 DTSTAMP:20261003T125421Z CREATED:20261003T125421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T125421Z UID:10014286-1793390400-1793397600@magpie.ae SUMMARY:Politically Incorrect Comedy DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat Comedy’s regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel\, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink. URL:https://magpie.ae/event/politically-incorrect-comedy-4/ LOCATION:Xandros\, Singature 1 Hotel\, Barsha Heights\, Dubai GEO:25.0965195;55.1738621 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Xandros Singature 1 Hotel Barsha Heights Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Singature 1 Hotel\, Barsha Heights:geo:55.1738621,25.0965195 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T220000 DTSTAMP:20261028T095246Z CREATED:20261028T095246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T095246Z UID:10014471-1793390400-1793397600@magpie.ae SUMMARY:Laughter Lounge by 3albaraka: Pew! Pew! DESCRIPTION:Improv “where anything can happen and the audience becomes part of the show”. Which is sort of how improv is defined\, though in this case the title suggests there may be an extra element of gun-fingers 
 The 3albaraka guys have settled nicely into this theatre (so not a club) setting; recommended. \n  URL:https://magpie.ae/event/laughter-lounge-by-3albaraka-pew-pew/ LOCATION:New Covent Garden Theatre\, Mall of the Emirates\, Dubai CATEGORIES:Comedy GEO:25.118107;55.200608 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Mall of the Emirates:geo:55.200608,25.118107 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR