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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261119
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SUMMARY:Marilina Marchica and Salmah Almansoori: Traces of Home
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition that brings together works by the Italian artist Marilina Marchica and Emirati artist Salmah Almansoori that are rooted in the landscapes respectively of Sicily and Ghayathi. \nMarchica traces the imprints of abandoned buildings and domestic spaces through drawing\, collage and painting\, using materials such as earth\, charcoal and mineral pigments. Almansoori draws on her personal archive of Ghayathi\, transforming photographs and collected materials\, including palm fibres and desert grasses\, into new works. Between them they explore how art can preserve the memories and histories held by a place\, and how a sense of belonging endures through change … \nTo 29 November. The exhibition is curated by Maria Firetti and organised by Firetti Contemporary in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi. \nImage: Salmah Almansoori\, Witnessing the Fragments (2026\, section)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/marilina-marchica-and-salmah-almansoori-traces-of-home/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi\, Al Qasbah Street\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261118T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261118T190000
DTSTAMP:20261105T105009Z
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SUMMARY:NYUAD MFA Open Studios
DESCRIPTION:A chance to meet students and faculty on the NYU Abu Dhabi MFA course\, learn more about the programme\, and get a glimpse of life as an MFA student. \nStudents featured: \nShae Nadine\nJingyi Tang\nAmina Yahia\nAmeni Abida\nXingi Duan\nNoura Sadaka\nCarlos Páez\nMaryam Ahli\nMason Rempher\nVal Jimenez Quiroga\nZikuan Zhao\nMai Suheail Alremeithi\nAhed Al Kathiri\nSalmah Bakheet Almansoori\nShahed Jamhour\nZahra Shafie\nShamaylahV iquar\nLayla Doueidi\nHamzeh Zahran\nDivyaaunshi Paveen Purohit\nHuda Mauzzam\nRishita Kohli \nThe aim is partly to show work in progress by the current cohort\, but also to encourage applications to the MFA in Art and Media programme – “a full-time\, interdisciplinary studio art program that sits at the crossroads of practice and theory\, tradition and change in the arts … The only program of its kind in the region\, we provide students with the knowledge\, tools\, and hands-on experience to prepare you for a life as a professional artist or art academic.\, the application process\, and available scholarships”. Scholarships are available for all students\, with exceptional students receiving up to 100% tuition aid.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/nyuad-mfa-open-studios/
LOCATION:NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Open studio
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261118T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261118T210000
DTSTAMP:20261106T131346Z
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SUMMARY:The Speculative Circle: 100 Ways of Spilling the Beans
DESCRIPTION:Led by Viviana Checchia\, this participatory studio invites participants to explore how everyday acts of gathering\, cooking\, and conversation can become spaces for collective thinking\, exchange\, and connection – and for expressing ideas\, sharing experiences\, and challenging established social structures. \nInspired by Dr. Checchia’s memories of women gathering to cook and exchange stories in southern Italy\, the seminar considers how domestic spaces and shared activities have enabled women to articulate perspectives and exchange ideas that might otherwise remain unspoken. The session will include a visit to the Mina Zayed fruit and vegetable market to source seasonal ingredients\, followed by a collective cooking session centered on a recipe developed by local chef and artist Moza Al Matrooshi. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-speculative-circle-100-ways-of-spilling-the-beans/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTSTAMP:20261103T173642Z
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SUMMARY:NOMAD Abu Dhabi
DESCRIPTION:The fair for upmarket collectible design\, contemporary art\, jewellery and crafts returns to the iconic decommissioned Terminal 1 of the old Abu Dhabi Airport with more than 50 exhibitors and a much expanded programme. \n“This year\, we have a better understanding of this remarkable building so we can be more ambitious with it” says NOMAD’s co-founder and director Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte. As well as the commercial offerings\, there’s an expanded institutional programme for nonprofit initiatives\, cultural projects and institutions from the UAE and beyond – among them including Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council\, Design Commission Abu Dhabi (DCAD)\, and House of Artisans in collaboration with the Institut du Monde Arabe. There’s also a programme of talks and workshops presented by BGRE (formerly Brookfield Properties). \nThe fair will be open 19-22 November (plus 18 November for a VIP invitation-only preview) at 1pm to 9pm (8pm on the last day).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/nomad-abu-dhabi-2/
LOCATION:Terminal 1\, Old Abu Dhabi Airport\, Al Diyafah Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Design fair
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTSTAMP:20261103T183843Z
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SUMMARY:Frieze Abu Dhabi
DESCRIPTION:Building on nearly two decades of Abu Dhabi Art\, the inaugural edition of Frieze Abu Dhabi marks a new chapter for the region’s international art scene. The aim is to connect Abu Dhabi and local arts ecosystem with Frieze’s global network of galleries\, artists and collectors; the more immediate concern will of course be the incipient conflict in the Gulf\, but at time of writing the fair is going ahead with much optimism and enthusiasm. \nSo what’s changed from the last Abu Dhabi Art in November 2025? Some obvious elements are retained – the fair’s location\, the involvement of DCT Abu Dhabi\, the presence of Dyala Nusseibeh as fair director. But there are also some significant points of difference\, quite apart from the scale of the fair itself (Abu Dhabi Art’s final edition had more than 140 galleries\, Frieze has 80 or so). \nFrieze describes the exhibitors for its first Abu Dhabi edition as a “tightly selected group” who have been given with larger stands and a more generous layout intended to encourage “sustained engagement”. \nThere’s a solid base of top UAE galleries – Carbon 12\, Lawrie Shabibi\, The Third Line\, Tabari Artspace\, Iris Projects\, Gallery Isabelle\, Green Art Gallery among others – with some of the big names from Saudi Arabia (Athr\, Hafez) and Lebanon (Saleh Barakat\, Mark Hachem\, Galerie Tanit). \nFrieze’s international reach is presumably responsible for the strong showing from London – among them Thaddaeus Ropac\, Richard Saltoun\, Timothy Taylor\, Victoria Miro\, Vigo Gallery\, Voena and Waddington Custot – alongside a smattering of European galleries. There’s also some blue-chip New York names: Gagosian\, Pace\, Vito Schnabel and Leila Heller (the only one of that cohort to have a UAE outpost). \nThe other commercial section is Focus\, a long-standing Frieze feature for younger international galleries showing experimental solo or dual presentations. Frieze Abu Dhabi is offering bursaries for each gallery in this section to encourage them to show locally. For 2026 it’s a modest group of just six galleries . \nThe fair will also have two curated sections. Frieze Masters Abu Dhabi is curated by Marika Sardar\, an art historian and curator whose expertise focuses on the historical networks of the Indian Ocean. That shapes the content of Frieze Masters Abu Dhabi\, which we’re told will present “exceptional objects and artefacts from West Asia and beyond\, spanning Antiquity through to the early 20th century … shaped around the theme of the Indian Ocean\, encompassing the historic movement of objects\, people and ideas through trade\, collecting and cultural exchange”. \nAnd the more contemporary equivalent is Global Futures\, a series of gallery presentations for solo artists whose practices engage with histories and ideas that resonate across the UAE and the wider region – “bringing together artists from distinct cultural contexts\, the section will trace connections across place\, material and lived experience\, situating their work within the broader regional and international dialogues that Frieze Abu Dhabi seeks to foster”. \nThe scale of the curated element is rather different to Abu Dhabi Art’s last programme. The predecessor fair seemed to feel it had a remit to promote and document the local art scene: so we had the Pavilion Prize for student designers\, the Beyond commissions for new works by emergent UAE-based artists (which in the past had travelled internationally after the fair)\, the guest-curated Gateway programme of installations\, a performance programme\, and site-specific projects around Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. \nAnd Abu Dhabi Art had no door charge; previous versions did have an entrance charge but last year was free with online registration\, whereas Frieze Abu Dhabi will be charging a very specific AED 57.75 per day for general admission (AED 236.25 for a three-day pass). \nThe overall impression is that Abu Dhabi Art had wider aspirations and probably less measurable KPIs. Frieze Abu Dhabi is more specific in its goals\, a commercial art fair that seeks to contribute to Abu Dhabi’s soft-power positioning as a high-end cultural destination. In short\, Frieze Abu Dhabi seems to be going for less volume and more quality: certainly the curated programming sets a high bar. \nThe inaugural Frieze Abu Dhabi Artist Award is curated by Nabila Abdel Nabi\, Senior Curator for International Art at Tate and head of the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational\, who selected the Lebanese (London-based) artist Dala Nasser as its recipient. \nThe award will support a new commission\, Nasser’s ambitious site-responsive work Qubbat Duris; this takes its name from a 13th-century monument in the Bekaa Valley\, a structure which reflects the transcultural history of the region. Nasser’s installation offers a reflection on the ways materials carry memory over generations\, and on a collective responsibility towards landscapes facing destruction. \nIn Dialogue is a new annual flagship exhibition. Dirwaza Curatorial Lab has titled this one ‘At Another Meeting Point’ and paired works by Mohammed Kazem and Alia Zaal\, “opening up new perspectives and unexpected points of connection across generations”. This sounds promising. \nFrieze Sculpture Abu Dhabi is a nod to the London-based parent\, with works from Zeinab Alhashemi\, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim\, Imran Qureshi\, and Kamran Samimi. \nTimings: \n19 November (Invitation only) 2pm – 9pm\n20 November 2pm – 9pm\n21 November 2pm – 9pm\n22 November 2pm – 9pm \nEntry to the fair is date- and time-specific\, with no re-entry for one-day general admission tickets. \nImage: Mohammed Joha\, No Shelter 01 (2026). Courtesy of Zawyeh Gallery and the Artist; showing in the Global Futures section \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/frieze-abu-dhabi/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art/design fair
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
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SUMMARY:World Art Dubai
DESCRIPTION:The region’s premier affordable art fair is back\, with all its stalls having sold out and the promise of more than 10\,000 artworks from 300+ artists and galleries to see (the exhibitor list is here). There’s a busy programme of presentations\, talks\, workshops\, live painting and performances across all four days\, too – details here. \nWAD is open daily from 1pm to 9pm. The AED 30 price shown here is for a standard one day pass; there are student deals (AED 20) and family rates (AED 70 for a group of three\, AED 80 for four).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/world-art-dubai/
LOCATION:Dubai World Trade Centre\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art/design fair
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261119T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261119T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T171713Z
CREATED:20261027T171713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T171713Z
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat Comedy’s regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises “insane laughs every week”.  The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-25/
LOCATION:Radisson Red\, Dubai Digital Park\, Dubai Silicon Oasis\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261119T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261119T233000
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SUMMARY:Cocktails and Comedy
DESCRIPTION:“Dubai’s hottest comedy night” (aka the Mad Cat team) come to the moodily-lit speakeasy style bar in DIFC for a regular Thursday gig. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cocktails-and-comedy-4/
LOCATION:Bondz\, Unit 156 Level POD\, Emirates Financial Tower\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261120T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261120T210000
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SUMMARY:UAE National Orchestra: Sing for the Nation
DESCRIPTION:This concert by the UAE National Orchestra and choir puts the emphasis on ‘national’ with “an evening where we come together in love for the nation\, sharing moments of pride and belonging … a space where we gather as sons and daughters of this homeland – citizens and residents alike”. \nThe programme includes melodies from the 1970s to the present that have accompanied national celebrations and defined moments in the country’s history; this time\, students from the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge’s (ADEK) Nabati Poetry initiative will join the Orchestra and Choir on stage. Nabati poetry\, the vernacular verse of the Arabian Peninsula\, has carried the history and identity of the Emirates across generations. \nIn Al Ain the Orchestra performs in the open air at Al Jahili Fort\, a fitting setting for an evening of the nation’s songs in a place that carries the heritage of the Emirates. \nThis is one stop on a tour that in total takes in four emirates – Fujairah (28 November) and RAK (1 December) to come.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/uae-national-orchestra-sing-for-the-nation-3/
LOCATION:Al Jahili Fort\, Al Ain\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261120T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261120T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172357Z
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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-7/
LOCATION:Xandros\, Singature 1 Hotel\, Barsha Heights\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261121T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261121T170000
DTSTAMP:20261102T103907Z
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SUMMARY:Ayyam Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition Tour
DESCRIPTION:As part of the programming for Ayyam Gallery’s 20th anniversary\, Gallery Director Maya Samawi leads an “intimate tour” of the exhibition\, sharing stories from the gallery’s journey and her family’s role in shaping Ayyam Gallery.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ayyam-gallery-20th-anniversary-exhibition-tour/
LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Tour/Visit
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261121T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261121T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172726Z
CREATED:20261027T172726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T172726Z
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SUMMARY:Joke Hub
DESCRIPTION:A regular Mad Cat Comedy night – “Dubai’s wildest comedy show on Saturday” at “the first purpose built comedy room in the country”. The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-hub-7/
LOCATION:Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef\, Al Seef Street\, Umm Hurair 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTSTAMP:20261021T084115Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T084115Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Art Circle Award
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of the winner and proposals shortlisted for the sixth edition of The Art Circle Award.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-art-circle-award/
LOCATION:Alserkal Residency Project Space\, Warehouse 50\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261122T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261122T213000
DTSTAMP:20261027T173018Z
CREATED:20261027T173018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T173018Z
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SUMMARY:Comedy at the Speakeasy
DESCRIPTION:The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam – a great venue: quite intimate\, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins\, fresh material\, and “the kind of intimate room where sitting in the front row is a decision you may come to regret”. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/comedy-at-the-speakeasy-12/
LOCATION:Moon Bar\, Mina Al Salam\, Madinat Jumeriah\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261122T203000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261122T211000
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SUMMARY:Sim Chi Yin: Longings\, Returns
DESCRIPTION:Sim Chi Yen’s installation and performance speaks to the intersecting geographies of forced migration that came about as a result of the mass deportation of over 30\,000 people from British-ruled Malaya (present-day Malaysia and Singapore) to China between 1948 and 1960. Situating us within the fluid space of the sea\, the script shifts between a homage to Etel Adnan’s To Be In A Time Of War and a letter to her paternal grandfather\, who was exiled to China\, where he was executed shortly after arrival. Left behind in Malaya\, his mother\, wife and five children never speak of him. Sim’s decade-long project works to undo this erasure within her family and society. Taking on many roles – artist\, historical researcher\, granddaughter\, niece\, daughter\, mother – Sim Chi Yin guides the audience through her research of forced migration practices from colonial to contemporary times. \nThis is part of the fifth edition of Perform Sharjah\, Sharjah Art Foundation’s season of curated performances that serve as an engaging space for exploring\, remembering and imagining – “treating the body as a site of artistic inquiry\, the programme shifts fluidly between intimate reflection and collective experience”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sim-chi-yin-longings-returns/
LOCATION:Khalid Bin Mohammed School\, Al Manakh\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125
DTSTAMP:20261029T114258Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Wafa Al Falahi: Feathers in the Reeds\, Milk in the Mud
DESCRIPTION:The Emirati artist’s first solo exhibition features an imaginary bestiary on paintings\, works on paper and ceramic sculptures. Al Falahi’s creatures each carry a feeling\, a memory or a premonition\, says the gallery: “Pieced together from what has stayed with the artist after moving through a place\, recomposed through memory\, childhood and fantasy\, they emerge from papier mâché\, pastel and pigment\, raised in thick relief on the canvas\, before stepping\, in clay\, into the space of the gallery … Al Falahi’s fables carry no fixed morals: beauty sits alongside violence\, innocence alongside desire\, and their meaning stays open\, as it does in a dream”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-wafa-al-falahi-feathers-in-the-reeds-milk-in-the-mud/
LOCATION:Hunna Art\, Warehouse 49A\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261124T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261124T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172119Z
CREATED:20261027T172119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T172119Z
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat’s standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-easy-tiger-42/
LOCATION:Al Ain Palace Hotel\, Corniche Road\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:24.4991661;54.3699819
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261126
DTSTAMP:20261105T150144Z
CREATED:20261105T150144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T150144Z
UID:10014514-1795564800-1795651199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Verapat Sitipol: Stream of the Forest
DESCRIPTION:The Thai painter Verapat Sitipol explores the relationship between abstraction and the natural world in this body of work; the exhibition considers how we experience nature as something in flux\, continuously shaped by movement\, memory\, and time. Sitipol’s compositions are articulated through stratified colour\, gestural inflections\, and subtle tonal modulations\, “conjuring fragments of forest\, terrain\, and light without anchoring them to a fixed geography … What emerges instead are environments that feel fluid and open – spaces shaped as much by perception and memory as by physical reality”. \nTo 9 December. \nImage: Verapat Sitipol\, Night in Red Sky (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/verapat-sitipol-stream-of-the-forest/
LOCATION:Opera Gallery\, DIFC\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261125T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261125T233000
DTSTAMP:20261027T174436Z
CREATED:20261027T174436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T174436Z
UID:10014470-1795636800-1795649400@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:M.O.R.O.N.S.
DESCRIPTION:“A comedy whirlwind featuring a revolving lineup of Dubai’s best comedians and fresh faces! You never know what will happen!” A regular fortnightly standup gig with the Mad Cat folk. The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/m-o-r-o-n-s-2/
LOCATION:First Collection\, Al' Amal Street\, Business Bay\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.189418;55.2675372
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=First Collection Al' Amal Street Business Bay Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al' Amal Street\, Business Bay:geo:55.2675372,25.189418
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTSTAMP:20261020T134513Z
CREATED:20261020T134513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T134513Z
UID:10014406-1795651200-1795737599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Shamin Sharum: Provisional Sanctuaries
DESCRIPTION:A solo exhibition by Malaysian artist and designer that reflects on the quiet\, temporary musollas that pop up in the UAE’s warehouses\, shopfronts\, and back rooms\, modest prayer spaces that are shaped by necessity rather than formal design. Through paintings\, drawings\, and maquettes\, Sharum examines how fleeting environments can create belonging\, stillness\, and connection among strangers joined by faith in the city. As he says\, “Relocating to Dubai made me feel like an outsider\, but discovering a small cabin-like musolla tucked within a transient site during my early days provided an unexpected sense of familiarity\, softening my feelings of displacement”. \nBy lifting these spaces out of their functional settings\, says the gallery\, “Sharum invites viewers to look closely at details that are often overlooked. His works isolate\, flatten\, and reconstruct fragments of these environments\, allowing the audience to reconsider how sacredness can emerge through practice\, memory\, and human presence rather than architecture alone …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-shamin-sharum-provisional-sanctuaries/
LOCATION:Tashkeel Studio and Gallery\, Nad Al Sheba\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1435458;55.3475331
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261126T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261126T233000
DTSTAMP:20261027T173510Z
CREATED:20261027T173510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T173510Z
UID:10014467-1795723200-1795735800@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Cocktails and Comedy
DESCRIPTION:“Dubai’s hottest comedy night” (aka the Mad Cat team) come to the moodily-lit speakeasy style bar in DIFC for a regular Thursday gig. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cocktails-and-comedy-5/
LOCATION:Bondz\, Unit 156 Level POD\, Emirates Financial Tower\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2085919;55.2765573
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bondz Unit 156 Level POD Emirates Financial Tower DIFC Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit 156 Level POD\, Emirates Financial Tower\, DIFC:geo:55.2765573,25.2085919
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261127T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261127T190000
DTSTAMP:20261105T150903Z
CREATED:20261105T150822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T150903Z
UID:10014516-1795798800-1795806000@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:BFAF Book Club: Dear Younger Me
DESCRIPTION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation’s book-club-with-a-difference starts a new season of stories and conversation inspired by books and art. It opens with this reflective writing session centered on memory and personal growth – participants are invited to choose a book\, character\, artwork or memory that reminds them of a younger version of themselves\, and to write a letter to that person. Writing materials will be provided\, and sharing your letter is entirely optional.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bfaf-book-club-dear-younger-me/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Book club
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261127T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261127T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172434Z
CREATED:20261027T172434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T172434Z
UID:10014454-1795809600-1795816800@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-8/
LOCATION:Xandros\, Singature 1 Hotel\, Barsha Heights\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.0965195;55.1738621
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T220000
DTSTAMP:20261103T150851Z
CREATED:20261103T150554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261103T150851Z
UID:10014498-1795888800-1795903200@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Wasla
DESCRIPTION:A music festival with a regional vibe that this time supports UNHCR’s work with displaced families in the Arab region. Under the slogan ‘One night. One collective voice. One common language. Music’\, it’s certainly a good lineup: \n🎙️Marcel Khalif (right) Near-legendary Lebanese composer and oud master\, a pioneer of modern Arabic folk music \n🎙️ Le Trio Joubran Internationally acclaimed Palestinian ensemble of three brothers who craft mesmerising compositions on three ouds. Always excellent \n🎙️ TootArd A unique blend of desert blues\, reggae and Middle Eastern retro-pop from this due from the Golan Heights. Well worth following \n🎙️ Fatima Soulful jazzy R&B with contemporary Middle Eastern vibes. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wasla/
LOCATION:Jubillee Park\, Expo City Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Festival,Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://magpie.ae/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Marcel-Khalife.jpeg
GEO:24.9610386;55.1500446
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T210000
DTSTAMP:20261103T095038Z
CREATED:20261103T095038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261103T095038Z
UID:10014490-1795896000-1795899600@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Firdaus Orchestra Presents: Opera Arias
DESCRIPTION:The clue is in the name: Expo City’s pioneering (and excellent) all-female orchestra take on some of the great arias with “a special guest soprano”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/firdaus-orchestra-presents-opera-arias/
LOCATION:House of Arts\, Expo City Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Concert
GEO:24.9610386;55.1500446
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T210000
DTSTAMP:20261103T110609Z
CREATED:20261103T110418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261103T110609Z
UID:10014494-1795896000-1795899600@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:UAE National Orchestra: Sing for the Nation
DESCRIPTION:This concert by the UAE National Orchestra and choir puts the emphasis on ‘national’ with “an evening where we come together in love for the nation\, sharing moments of pride and belonging … a space where we gather as sons and daughters of this homeland – citizens and residents alike”. \nThe programme includes melodies from the 1970s to the present that have accompanied national celebrations and defined moments in the country’s history; this time\, students from the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge’s (ADEK) Nabati Poetry initiative will join the Orchestra and Choir on stage. Nabati poetry\, the vernacular verse of the Arabian Peninsula\, has carried the history and identity of the Emirates across generations.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/uae-national-orchestra-sing-for-the-nation-4/
LOCATION:Fujairah Cultural Centre\, Hamad Bin Abdulla Rd\, Fujairah City Centre\, Fujairah
CATEGORIES:Concert
GEO:25.1225742;56.3207543
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261128T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172809Z
CREATED:20261027T172809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T172809Z
UID:10014459-1795896000-1795903200@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Joke Hub
DESCRIPTION:A regular Mad Cat Comedy night – “Dubai’s wildest comedy show on Saturday” at “the first purpose built comedy room in the country”. The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-hub-36/
LOCATION:Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef\, Al Seef Street\, Umm Hurair 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2558677;55.310187
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261130
DTSTAMP:20260720T102553Z
CREATED:20260720T102553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T102553Z
UID:10013966-1795910400-1795996799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Vantage Point 13
DESCRIPTION:The latest edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s open-call photography exhibition examines the evolving possibilities of documentary photography through newly commissioned works by six artists – Luisa Dörr\, Latifa AlBokhari\, Sathish Kumar\, Adam Rouhana\, Guanyu Xu and Maheder Haileselassie. \nThe principle is that photography is not simply as a tool for recording reality but can be treated as a medium through which histories and systems of representation are negotiated. So through portraiture and observational strategies\, Dörr\, AlBokhari and Kumar probe the nuances of lived experience\, tracing intimate connections between land and belonging via long-term collaborations with individuals\, families and communities; Rouhana\, Guanyu Xu and Haileselassie explore themes of absence and rupture\, photography as a means of grappling with questions of visibility and with histories interrupted by conflict or erasure. As SAF puts it: “The works position documentary photography as a field in transformation – one defined not by static truths\, but by continual discernment”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-vantage-point-13/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation Photography Gallery\, Al Manakh\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Photography
GEO:25.351671;55.396596
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261130
DTSTAMP:20261020T110029Z
CREATED:20261020T110029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T110029Z
UID:10014404-1795910400-1795996799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Marilina Marchica and Salmah Almansoori: Traces of Home
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition that brings together works by the Italian artist Marilina Marchica and Emirati artist Salmah Almansoori that are rooted in the landscapes respectively of Sicily and Ghayathi. \nMarchica traces the imprints of abandoned buildings and domestic spaces through drawing\, collage and painting\, using materials such as earth\, charcoal and mineral pigments. Almansoori draws on her personal archive of Ghayathi\, transforming photographs and collected materials\, including palm fibres and desert grasses\, into new works. Between them they explore how art can preserve the memories and histories held by a place\, and how a sense of belonging endures through change …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-marilina-marchica-and-salmah-almansoori-traces-of-home/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi\, Al Qasbah Street\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5011799;54.3700228
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261129T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261129T213000
DTSTAMP:20261027T173047Z
CREATED:20261027T173047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T173047Z
UID:10014463-1795978800-1795987800@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Comedy at the Speakeasy
DESCRIPTION:The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam – a great venue: quite intimate\, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins\, fresh material\, and “the kind of intimate room where sitting in the front row is a decision you may come to regret”. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/comedy-at-the-speakeasy-13/
LOCATION:Moon Bar\, Mina Al Salam\, Madinat Jumeriah\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.135127;55.185968
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