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SUMMARY:Waterlands\, Elemental Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Day two of a weekend symposium on water – “two days of conversations\, presentations and artistic exchange exploring ecological\, social\, mythological and poetic dimensions of water\, bringing together artists\, scientists\, legal thinkers and researchers”. \nExtending Jumana Emil Abboud’s ongoing exhibition The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide\, the afternoon draws on performance\, storytelling and material research to explore water as a site of sovereignty\, dispossession\, ritual and resistance. \nThe programme includes the opening of the Artist’s Garden Amphibious Timelapse\, with a conversation with creators the Rice Brewing Sisters’ Club. They will be among the participating artists alongside Sherko Abbas\, Jumana Emil Abboud\, Katya Garcia-Anton\, Reem Rizk\, Ahmad Nabil\, and Raghad Saqfelheit.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/waterlands-elemental-dreams-2/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Bashar Khalaf: The Field of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Two series of works\, Junk Garden and Protective Shield\, from the Ramallah-born artist. “The Field of Dreams is an exploration of formations of ‘steel’ in the public space from the perspective of the relationship between the self\, the object\, and the other” says the gallery. “It can be viewed as an interactive space with the fragile reality in which humanity lives.” \nKhalaf’s dreaming energy gives steel junk – bulldozers\, vehicles\, surveillance cameras – an chance for self-reinvention; it confronts the machine with its own existence\, giving it a tragic form and allowing it reposition itself over time. The garbage bins in Protective Shield were used during the First Intifada to block street and provide shelter from bullets ; in contrast\, the colonial system used steel barrels filled with cement to seal off the entrances to villages and camps.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-bashar-khalaf-the-field-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Zawyeh Gallery\, Warehouse 27\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTSTAMP:20261022T144952Z
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SUMMARY:The Ugly One
DESCRIPTION:Two final performances of Marius von Mayenburg’s very dark comedy about beauty\, identity and getting ahead in life;when the plastic surgery bandages come off\, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful … The Junction did this play a year ago to much acclaim; Gillian Rhodes again directs\, with a very good set by Lina Younes. The production features Audrey Jegu\, Keenan McFadzean\, Patrick Albrecht and Sadiq Saboowala. \nThere are performances at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-ugly-one-5/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T203000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T220000
DTSTAMP:20261022T110846Z
CREATED:20261022T110817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T110846Z
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SUMMARY:The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
DESCRIPTION:Another good-looking bill for this month’s Laughter Factory tour\, with some ace local comics joining the international imports: \nJohn Fothergill\nNicole Drinkwater\nValentina Danubio\nAhmed Kasid \nThe rest of the schedule: \n8 November The Club\, Abu Dhabi 7pm\n13 November Radisson DAMAC Hills 8.30pm\n14 November Studio One Hotel 7pm\n14 November Dukes The Palm 8.30pm \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-laughter-factory-premium-comedy-club-6/
LOCATION:Studio One Hotel\, Dubai Studio City\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.0346728;55.2397317
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172739Z
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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-5/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T210000
DTSTAMP:20261103T105712Z
CREATED:20261030T113543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261103T105712Z
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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. In the UAE’s Year of Family\, the students’ voices are a reminder that love for the nation is handed down from one generation to the next. \nFirst staged at Dubai Opera in May 2026\, the current version of the concert travels to four more emirates – as well as Abu Dhabi\, it goes to Al Ain (20 November)\, Fujairah (28 November) and RAK (1 December).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/uae-national-orchestra-sing-for-the-nation-2/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T190000
DTSTAMP:20261105T154853Z
CREATED:20261105T154853Z
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SUMMARY:SAF Book Club Meetup: Social Class and Cultural Capital in Literature
DESCRIPTION:SAF’s November book club meetup asks what literature can teach us about how social class and cultural capital dictate and uphold hierarchies\, examining depictions of social strata and elite cultural spaces in books such as Babel by RF Kuang\, Erasure by Percival Everett and Bunny by Mona Awad.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/saf-book-club-meetup-social-class-and-cultural-capital-in-literature/
LOCATION:SAF Photography Gallery\, Al Manakh\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Book club,Photography
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T173000
DTSTAMP:20261026T104408Z
CREATED:20261026T104408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T104408Z
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SUMMARY:Map-Making Workshop: ‘Places We Carry’ and ‘Atlas of Shared Place’
DESCRIPTION:A free two-part workshop led by cultural practitioner and educator Nanelle Jayawardene that explores how memory and experience shape our sense of place\, “inviting participants to engage in a form of map-making that foregrounds our personal encounters with a space”. This process raises questions about conventional cartographic methods and assumptions – “often grounded in colonial knowledge systems” – that reveal ‘place’ to be a concept that varies between individual perceptions and across time. \nThe workshop draws inspiration from the current exhibition at Ishara The sky held it\, the earth remembered (till 15 December) and will begin with a tour of the show. It responds to Shahana Rajani’s portrayal of communities that sustain their relationship with home through painting\, as well as Sarker Protick’s documentation of the incremental changes witnessed by his neighbourhood in Dhaka over 15 years. \nThe schedule: \n1.30-3pm Places We Carry\n3-4pm Break\n4-5.30pm Atlas of Shared Place  \nRSVP here – there’s only 12 spaces for each workshop.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/map-making-workshop-places-we-carry-and-atlas-of-shared-place/
LOCATION:Ishara Art Foundation\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261107T180000
DTSTAMP:20261103T163151Z
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SUMMARY:Water as a Common Ground: Notes from a Majlis
DESCRIPTION:Day one of a weekend symposium on water – “two days of conversations\, presentations and artistic exchange exploring ecological\, social\, mythological and poetic dimensions of water\, bringing together artists\, scientists\, legal thinkers and researchers”. \nThis symposium explores climate-affected water systems\, their vulnerable ecologies and the possibilities opened by socially engaged artistic practice. Through public consultations and presentations\, the programme traces waterways and their communities\, considering ancestral relationships to water\, disappearing geographies\, hydraulic justice and colonial legacies of ecological control. \nParticipating artists and experts include Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos\, Khalil Walji\, Dr. Aaron Bartholomew\, Rohan D’Souza\, Reem Rizk\, Naeema Ali\, Sherko Abbas\, Waral Prakalp\, Maghras and Hosting Lands. \nFree\, but RSVP here.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/water-as-a-common-ground-notes-from-a-majlis/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Symposium
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTSTAMP:20261003T111507Z
CREATED:20261003T111507Z
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SUMMARY:Artist’s Garden: Amphibious Timelapse by the Rice Brewing Sisters Club
DESCRIPTION:Amphibious Timelapse by South Korean collective the Rice Brewing Sisters Club (RBSC) is the 2026-2028 Artist’s Garden commission at the Jameel – the Artist’s Garden being a space for artists to create\, cultivate and experiment with the conceptual limits of the ‘garden’ through a research-led commissioning process that responds to local and regional environmental concerns. \nRBSC is an artist collective established in 2018 exploring the notion of ‘social fermentation’ as an artistic form and work across visual art\, performance\, writing\, oral history\, ecological thinking and ‘auntie’s wisdom’. Amphibious Timelapse traces a continuum between land and sea; its guiding question “how are amphibious beings interconnected?” directs attention to the plants at the soil–sea interface. Plants such as mangroves and other halophytes resist any firm division between earth and sea; sabkhas\, salt marshes and tidal flats are understood not as boundaries but as continuums — the shared medium through which the meeting of soil and sea is sustained\, negotiated and made legible. \nStructured over two years\, Amphibious Timelapse unfolds across phases\, functioning as a garden\, a lab and a kitchen that is home to local species of halophytes. These plants embody different tactics of living with\, rather than against\, arid saline soil and salty coastal wetlands that define UAE’s distinctive ecology. Through them\, RBSC traces amphibious adaptability\, resilience and kinship with their salty landscapes. \nCurated by Daniya Jawwad and Indranjan Banerjee. \nTo 27 September 2028.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/artists-garden-amphibious-timelapse-by-the-rice-brewing-sisters-club/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTSTAMP:20260913T155525Z
CREATED:20260913T155525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T155525Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Bénédicte Gimonnet: What We Carry Becomes the Terrain
DESCRIPTION:Aisha Alabbar Gallery’s newly renovated space reopens with a solo exhibition by the UAE-based French artist that features paintings\, screen prints\, drawings and textile works. The theme is a pivotal journey to Peru and a renewed engagement with the roots that have long informed her practice; the rainforest\, in particular\, is treated as “a site of reckoning\, where recollection\, imagination and lived experience converge … Windows\, façades and thresholds surface within dense vegetation\, setting the human impulse to define and contain against everything around it that refuses a fixed boundary”. \nThe exhibition also introduces the Gran Eco series\, with tall vertical works isolating personally significant sites from countries where Gimonnet has lived (“an echo implies distance\, delay\, memory and transformation\, a place returning altered …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-benedicte-gimonnet-what-we-carry-becomes-the-terrain/
LOCATION:Aisha Alabbar Gallery\, Warehouse C19\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1196663;55.217749
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTSTAMP:20261022T140834Z
CREATED:20261022T140834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T140834Z
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SUMMARY:The Ugly One
DESCRIPTION:Two further performances of Marius von Mayenburg’s very dark comedy about beauty\, identity and getting ahead in life;when the plastic surgery bandages come off\, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful … The Junction did this play a year ago to much acclaim; Gillian Rhodes again directs\, with a very good set by Lina Younes. The production features Audrey Jegu\, Keenan McFadzean\, Patrick Albrecht and Sadiq Saboowala. \nThere are performances on 7 and 8 November at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-ugly-one-4/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T203000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T220000
DTSTAMP:20261022T110756Z
CREATED:20261022T110704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T110756Z
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SUMMARY:The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
DESCRIPTION:Another good-looking bill for this month’s Laughter Factory tour\, with some ace local comics joining the international imports: \nJohn Fothergill\nNicole Drinkwater\nValentina Danubio\nAhmed Kasid \nThe rest of the schedule: \n7 November Studio One Hotel 8.30pm\n8 November The Club\, Abu Dhabi 7pm\n13 November Radisson DAMAC Hills 8.30pm\n14 November Studio One Hotel 7pm\n14 November Dukes The Palm 8.30pm \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-laughter-factory-premium-comedy-club-5/
LOCATION:Grand Millennium Barsha Heights\, Sheikh Zayed Road - Exit 36\, Barsha Heights\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.096962;55.1775999
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172229Z
CREATED:20261027T172229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T172229Z
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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-5/
LOCATION:Xandros\, Singature 1 Hotel\, Barsha Heights\, Dubai
GEO:25.0965195;55.1738621
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T214500
DTSTAMP:20261022T140617Z
CREATED:20261022T140617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T140617Z
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SUMMARY:The Ugly One
DESCRIPTION:When the extent of his ugliness is revealed\, Lette turns to a plastic surgeon for help – but when the bandages come off\, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful … As appearances take centre stage\, the boundaries between individuality\, acceptance and transformation begin to blur. \nTranslated from the original German\, Marius von Mayenburg’s very dark comedy about beauty\, identity and getting ahead in life “makes its points with the lightest of touches” (The Guardian). The Junction did this play a year ago to much acclaim; Gillian Rhodes again directs\, with a very good set by Lina Younes. The production features Audrey Jegu\, Keenan McFadzean\, Patrick Albrecht and Sadiq Saboowala. \nThere are further performances 7 and 8 November at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-ugly-one-3/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261106T210000
DTSTAMP:20261027T131718Z
CREATED:20261027T131143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T131718Z
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SUMMARY:Sirocco et le Royaume des courants d'air: dir Benoît Chieux (2023)
DESCRIPTION:This slightly trippy animation features two intrepid sisters\, four-year-old Juliette and eight-year-old Carmen\, who discover a passage into the extraordinary world of their favourite book\, Kingdom of the Air Streams. Transformed into cats and separated from each other\, the girls will have to be bold and daring to find their way back to each other and to their real world; but they have to deal with Sirocco\, the master of winds and storms. Is he as scary as they fear? The Variety review suggested the film could be seen as France’s answer to a film like Spirited Away — “and yet\, there’s an originality to it that keeps things surprising”. Unusurprisingly\, it’s in French.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sirocco-et-le-royaume-des-courants-dair-dir-benoit-chieux-2023/
LOCATION:Zayed Theatre\, SUAD Campus\, Hazza Bin Zayed St\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207
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SUMMARY:Children's Biennial
DESCRIPTION:What a good idea this is: the Abu Dhabi Festival is running the first outdoor children’s art biennale in the Middle East Under the theme How the World Feels\, the Biennale will explore how children experience the world through touch\, sound\, movement and light. \nFeaturing works and workshops by UAE-based artists and an international collaboration with National Gallery Singapore\, the Biennale – curated by Dana Almazrouei – will offer family sessions\, workshops and an interactive guide Nine participating artists are Alia AlShamsi\, Aya Afaneh\, Hana El-Sagini\, Moza Almatrooshi\, Moza Almazrouei\, Meera Almazrooei\, Nada Almosa and Sarah Afaneh\, plus Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho; says the blurb\, “they will transform Umm Al Emarat Park into a space where audiences of all ages can encounter art through touch\, sound\, movement and light … Through open-ended experiences\, children are invited to experiment\, question\, collaborate\, imagine and create their own meanings”. \nSays Dana Almazrouei: “We wanted to ask the kind of questions adults often stop asking: what stories lie beneath the soil? How does sound travel through a park? Working with each artist\, we thought first about how a child would experience the piece\, and what they might carry with them afterwards … Play is how children come to understand the world. As historian Johan Huizinga observed\, play creates temporary worlds shaped by shared rules and imagination\, and that’s what we hope this park becomes. It isn’t just a way to make art accessible; it’s how children think\, discover and build their own stories\, together.”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/childrens-biennial/
LOCATION:Umm Al Emarat Park\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Family/kids
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107
DTSTAMP:20261105T145351Z
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SUMMARY:Tatiana Chalhoub: The Trees Now Stand Unpruned and Wild
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together personal histories and material experimentation\, this exhibition – the  first in the UAE by the Brazilian artist – reflects on growth\, rupture and renewal\, revealing how fragments of the past can take root in unexpected ways. With new paintings\, glazed ceramics and ceramic collages that drawing on the lush vegetation of her native Rio de Janeiro and the desert landscapes of the UAE\, Chalhoub explores the intersections of nature\, memory and material transformation; at its heart is the tree\, a recurring motif that carries both formal and deeply personal significance. \nTo 12 January. \nImage: Tatiana Chalhoub\, Árvore com tronco laranja (Tree with orange trunk) (2026) \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/tatiana-chalhoub-the-trees-now-stand-unpruned-and-wild/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107
DTSTAMP:20261102T114314Z
CREATED:20261102T114212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261102T114314Z
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SUMMARY:Yasemin Tekgürler: Journey Home
DESCRIPTION:A pop-up exhibition by the New York-based Turkish artist in the hotel’s lobby exploring migration\, memory\, identity and the meaning of belonging – “for me\, home is not necessarily a place we return to\, but something we carry\, recreate\, and discover through movement and connection\,” says the artist. The exhibition features mixed-media works inspired by ebru\, the art of marbling on water\, with sculptural boats symbolising the memories\, dreams and experiences we carry through life. To 14 November.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/yasemin-tekgurler-journey-hom/
LOCATION:Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown\, Marasi Drive\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107
DTSTAMP:20261026T130340Z
CREATED:20261026T130340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T130340Z
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SUMMARY:Reem Al Mubarak: What We Left in the Sandbox
DESCRIPTION:“In this exhibition\, memory becomes material: what stays\, what fades\, and what changes with time … Through play and experimentation\, Reem returns to lived experiences\, reimagining them through the distance of memory and blurring the line between what is real and what is imagined.” Curated by Azza Aboualam.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/reem-al-mubarak-what-we-left-in-the-sandbox/
LOCATION:Rizq Art Initiative\, Leaf Tower\, Al Reem Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4988505;54.3946197
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T233000
DTSTAMP:20261027T173314Z
CREATED:20261027T173212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T173314Z
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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-2/
LOCATION:Bondz\, Unit 156 Level POD\, Emirates Financial Tower\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2085919;55.2765573
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T171558Z
CREATED:20261027T171558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T171558Z
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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-23/
LOCATION:Radisson Red\, Dubai Digital Park\, Dubai Silicon Oasis\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.1210122;55.3761574
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T210000
DTSTAMP:20261103T115257Z
CREATED:20261103T115257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261103T115257Z
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SUMMARY:Ioannis Potamousis\, Elizabeth Han\, Yizhuo Meng\, and Stanford Yu: Fire\, Fantasy\, & Dance 
DESCRIPTION:A spectacular demonstration of musicianship: two grand pianos\, eight hands playing simultaneously\, a programme of exciting rhythms and orchestral delights reworked for the keyboard. \nThe programme: \nCharles Gounodx: Waltz from Faust\nMozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro\, K.492\nSaint-Saëns: Danse Macabre\, Op.40\,\nJS Bach: Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E-flat major\nStravinsky: Infernal Dance\, Berceuse & Finale from The Firebird\nChristos Papageorgiou: Money Mambo\nBernstein: Mambo from West Side Story\nRachmaninoff: Vocalise\, Op.34 No.14\nBizet: Carmen Fantasy \nPresented in Partnership with the NYUAD Music Program.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ioannis-potamousis-elizabeth-han-yizhuo-meng-and-stanford-yu-fire-fantasy-dance/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Recital
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTSTAMP:20261005T093236Z
CREATED:20261005T093132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T093236Z
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SUMMARY:Recreating Gesture: Crafting a Gold Necklace from The Iron Age
DESCRIPTION:Following showings in Paris\, Lyon\, Seoul and Shanghai\, this exhibition – “a strategic research project for L’ÉCOLE\, at the crossroads of archaeology and the history of techniques\, and goldsmithing craftsmanship” – demonstrates the skills and techniques in reproducing a Celtic torque\, a neck collar discovered in 1843 in Montans (France) and dating from the Second Iron Age (450–25 BC). The exhibition project offers insights into the complexities behind the craftsmanship of this remarkable piece. \nAn Open House themed around the exhibition on 7 November invites the community to discover L’ÉCOLE through course demonstrations\, kids’ workshops\, guided tours and other activities. \nTo 24 April. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/recreating-gesture-crafting-a-gold-necklace-from-the-iron-age/
LOCATION:L’ÉCOLE\, School of Jewelry Arts\, Building 10\, Dubai Design District\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTSTAMP:20261104T135912Z
CREATED:20260804T134130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261104T135912Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Amir Khojasteh: May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake
DESCRIPTION:Amir Khojasteh’s third solo exhibition with the gallery presents the first body of work he has developed after leaving his home country\, Iran. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-amir-khojasteh-may-the-tree-no-longer-burn-when-i-wake/
LOCATION:CARBON 12\, 17th Street\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261104T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261104T210000
DTSTAMP:20261003T135649Z
CREATED:20261003T135649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T135649Z
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SUMMARY:Cineolio's Cinenights
DESCRIPTION:Founded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020\, Cineolio‘s mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen\, celebrating cinematic togetherness and promoting intellectual and cultural exchange. \nThe screenings tonight will be followed by a discussion led by Nawaf Al Janahi. The films: \n32 Abo El Mahasein El-Shazly dir May Ziady (2023\, Egypt: 12 min) \nForce them to leave their old house and move to a new one\, director May Ziady and her aunt reflect on their memories of family members … \nAspis dir Antonio Romagnoli (2025\, Italy: 15 min) \nEvery year\, a viper awakens from hibernation and resumes its life cycle. But this year something changes … \nCinema Al Dunia  dir Amro Ali (2024\, Syria: 15 min) \nA short documentary that turns its lens on a storied Damascus movie house\, exploring its present condition and uncertain future. \nTempest dir Bridget Sutherland (2024\, New Zealand: 10 min) \nA portrait of the New Zealand artist Peter Roche\, highlighting works that speak to the dangers of the Nuclear Age and its psychological impact. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cineolios-cinenights-6/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20260916T094614Z
CREATED:20260916T094614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094614Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian: I Bloom Where You Hold Me
DESCRIPTION:Collaborative works from Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian’s ongoing Flower series\, unfolding across gallery walls covered with hand-drawn graffiti; rooted in the artists’ shared and individual experiences\, the works consider what it means to care for\, sustain and grow alongside one another. For Hashemi and Erfanian\, tending to plants\, relationships and artistic practice all share a common faith in growth. And even amid destruction\, flowers return and spring cannot be stopped:the act of tending becomes a method of resistance. \nPrimarily oil pastel on paper\, the drawings use a rough and immediate visual language. Flowers are built from loose\, gestural marks; colours bleed as figurative scenes appear almost like small windows embedded within wild fields. The process is similarly intertwined. Hashemi and Erfanian move freely across the same surface; one may begin a work and the other finish. At other times\, their marks overlap as they work simultaneously.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-tirdad-hashemi-and-soufia-erfanian-i-bloom-where-you-hold-me/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20260915T164600Z
CREATED:20260915T164600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T164600Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Alaa Itani: A Momentum for the Horizon
DESCRIPTION:A visual meditation on the horizon as both boundary and promise\, a visible line that remains perpetually distant. Alaa Itani’s solo show brings together reverse glass paintings of horizons\, blurred landscapes\, and moving cloud formations; he explores landscape as acts of temporal displacement\, a process informed in part by his work as a researcher and archivist through which he has closely encountered the work of Arab modernist painters – especially the Lebanese artist Rafic Charaf (1932-2003).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-alaa-itani-a-momentum-for-the-horizon/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20261029T114249Z
CREATED:20261029T113757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261029T114249Z
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SUMMARY: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”. \nTo 24 November. \nThis show inaugurates Hunna Art’s new space in Alserkal Avenue\, promising a new exhibition every month and a public programme of talks\, encounters and evenings. The gallery is dedicated to amplifying the voices of a new generation of women artists from the Arabian Peninsula and the broader Arab world. \nImage: Wafa Al Falahi\, Courtship Dance (2026)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T171927Z
CREATED:20261027T171927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T171927Z
UID:10014447-1793736000-1793743200@magpie.ae
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-39/
LOCATION:Al Ain Palace Hotel\, Corniche Road\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:24.4991661;54.3699819
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