We’ve been trawling the list of authors appearing at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature – back in person 3-12 February – to pick out some recommendations for you. This time: fiction authors, what they wrote, and where you can [ … ]
Tickets are now back on sale for Dubai’s annual literary extravaganza, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, after being taken offline for programme tweaks to accommodate the changes to the federal working week. The Festival, which runs 3-13 February mostly [ … ]
The lineup for the 2022 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature – back in person 3-12 February – includes a spectacular collection of authors from around the world (the pic at the top is from the big reveal a few days [ … ]
The programme for the fourth edition of (SFP4), Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual film festival, has just been released. It has in-cinema screenings of over 50 films, including some world and regional premieres, culminating in awards for experimental, documentary and narrative [ … ]
In the wake of Covid, should the design industry rethink its reliance on extravagant, wasteful trade fairs and look for a more sustainable alternative? Esra Lemmens looks at the options – and the opportunities. Over the last century, the design [ … ]
Dubai Design Week is back, and looking better than ever with a busy in-person programme of more than 200 activities of various kinds. While some of these are located around the city, DDW does clearly benefit from having a defined [ … ]
The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2022 will run 3 to 12 February in a new canalside location – it’s moved from its long-time home at Festival City to a new venue, the Al Habtoor City complex of three Hilton-family [ … ]
Dubai is getting a brand new three-day festival of theatre under the name Theme 8, with performances at the Theatre at Mall of the Emirates at the end of the month. The festival is for original short plays (8 to [ … ]
Three days of talks, performances, “dining experiences”, art installations and screenings from an invited roster of “acclaimed global creative talent” are featured in a new ‘creativity festival’ to be held at Abu Dhabi’s Manarat al Saadiyat in October. From the [ … ]
It’s starting to look as though an arts festival of some kind is a must-have for the image-conscious emirate – even the smallest. Ajman Tourism Development Department is to run the Al Murabbaa Arts Festival for ten days from the [ … ]
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