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SUMMARY:Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:The 35th edition of the book fair is its most festival-looking yet\, with more than 1\,400 events in total and six stages for sessions alongside 1\,350 exhibitors from 95 countries. The programme also brings together winners of this year’s major Arabic literary prizes\, musicians\, artists and cultural figures\, with notable sessions on Egyptian singer Nagat Al Saghira\, Egyptian painter Inji Efflatoun\, downtown Cairo’s famed Café Riche\, the Egyptian actor and singer Abdel Halim Hafez\, and the UAE’s use of space diplomacy. \nDon Quixote has been designated Book of the World (a newly intriduced accolade this year)\, the 8th-century scholar Al Khalil ibn Ahmad Al Farahidi is the fair’s Focus Personality\, and the culture of the Balkan region is being celebrated as Guest of Honour.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/abu-dhabi-international-book-fair/
LOCATION:ADNEC\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Book Fair
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTSTAMP:20260913T142329Z
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SUMMARY:Essence of Egypt
DESCRIPTION:A presentation of Palestinian artistic journeys shaped in Egypt and inspired by its art and culture\, featuring works by Nabil Anani\, Samira Badran\, Tayseer Barakat\, Mostafa Al Hallaj\, Kamel Al Moghani and Abdul Rahman Al Muzayyen that range from the 1960s to the early 2000s and present a diversity of media and approaches – from printmaking and etching to mixed media and leather. Considered together\, the works offer insight into the influence of mobility\, exchange and experimentation on the formation of modern Arab art. \nTo 25 November. \nAbove: Nabil Anani\, Intifada (1988)
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/essence-of-egypt/
LOCATION:Fann à Porter\, The Workshop\, Villa 45\, St. 23b\, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park)\, Jumeirah 2\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTSTAMP:20260913T142626Z
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SUMMARY:Oussama Diab: Reimagined
DESCRIPTION:A solo show for the Palestinian-Syrian-Dutch artist that reinterprets celebrated masterpieces from Western art. Diab revisits iconic works by artists including Picasso\, van Gogh\, Michelangelo and van Dyck\, applying his own distinctive visual language to allow the images to speak to contemporary realities. Highlights of the exhibition are two striking reinterpretations of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’\, alongside ‘La Coiffure’ also after Picasso\, two sunflower paintings inspired by van Gogh\, and reinterpretations of Anthony van Dyck’s ‘Jupiter and Antiope’ and ‘Moses and the Serpent’. \nTo 31 October. \nAbove: Oussama Diab\, Middleeastern Guernica (2026)
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/oussama-diab-reimagined/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260917T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260917T220000
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SUMMARY:The Marriage of Figaro Ballet
DESCRIPTION:The Ukrainian National Ballet brings its version of The Marriage of Figaro to Dubai as a two-act comic ballet with a libretto by Yaremenko and Yuri Stanishevsky\, choreography and staging by Viktor Yaremenko\, and musical adaptation and additional composition by Oleksiy Baklan. \nIt’s based on Mozart’s opera\, but is a fully danced work with no singing; one review says it emphasises “hijinks rather than heartache\,” so we’re expecting something lighter and more overtly playful than the original. But the story is broadly retained\, the major dances and duets deploy the classical ballet vocabulary\, and the production uses lavish eighteenth-century costumes and palace settings; the music generally avoids the opera’s familiar arias and ensembles in favour of some of Mozart’s less-famous instrumental music\, supplemented by Baklan’s own composition. \nThere are further performances on 19 and 20 September.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/the-marriage-of-figaro-ballet/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera
CATEGORIES:Ballet
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260917T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260917T220000
DTSTAMP:20260913T143132Z
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SUMMARY:Very Furry – Open Mic Joke Jam
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat Comedy’s only open mic night: comedians test new jokes\, new performers take the stage\, and dog lovers are welcome to come along for a fun evening in JVC. Only 20 seats available. Free entry!
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/very-furry-open-mic-joke-jam-5/
LOCATION:PrinBella Cafe\, Assel Blvd\, Jumeirah Village Circle\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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