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Dubai Design Week 2025

The region’s leading (only significant?) design festival returns for its 11th edition with the usual hectic mix of commissions, exhibitions, installations, talks and live events. Natasha Carella, DDW’s Director, said this year the programme was taking a more reflective approach [... more]

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CLOSING TODAY Afra Al Dhaheri: Restless Circle

Sharjah Art Foundation, Al Mureijah Square Sharjah

A selection of works by Afra Al Dhaheri that explore the structural effects of tension, repetition and time provides Sharjah Art Foundation's first show of Autumn. "Working with materials such as cotton rope, fabric, cement and hair, the artist emphasises [... more]

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My Driver and I: dir Ahd Kamel (2024)

The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The last in NYUAD Arts Center's fall film season, a series which explores history, identity, and belonging through Arab and international cinema, while offering audiences the chance to engage directly with filmmakers is inspired by the childhood of Saudi writer-director-producer [... more]

AED 30

RaRa

The Fridge Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

“To hear RaRa live is to feel you've snuck into one of Soul's best-kept secrets” says the blurb. “With her wickedly engaging stage presence and innate vocal gift, RaRa has the ability to break your heart with a song.” She’s [... more]

AED 70