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Dubai Marine and Heritage Festival Starts on Sunday

The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority has announced the launch of the first edition of Dubai Marine and Heritage Festival which will be held...

GeekFest Dubai: World’s Largest Picture Printout

The enormous Dubai Panorama image, taken by photographer Gerald Donovan on April 23rd 2010, was the world’s largest digital image, a whopping 45 GigaPixel...

Unique exhibits collected for the first UAE oil and gas museum

Artefacts and memorabilia being collected for the UAE’s first Oil and Gas museum at ADIPEC The museum will be unveiled during the 15th edition of...

‘Humans 2006’ and ‘Seasons of Solitude’ exhibitions open at The Empty...

Works of the Iranian and American artists showcase contrasting views of life and add to the diversity of rich offerings at the DIFC Gate...

Sharjah – A World Book Capital 2019, UNESCO

Signalling a ground-breaking achievement for the UAE and the Arab world, Sharjah has been crowned with the prestigious ‘World Book Capital’ title for 2019...

The British Council and Sharjah Art Museum host public debate on...

The British Council and Sharjah Art Museum hosted a public debate on contemporary cultural issues as part of Lure of the East: British Orientalist...

Dubai Opera grand inauguration later this year; Emaar has invested AED...

Emaar Properties has placed Dubai center stage in the fast-growing global arts industry with the pre-opening of its premier cultural destination, the multi-format Dubai...

Sharjah Museums Department celebrates Eid Al Adha with various activities

Museums will be closed on the first day of Eid, and open on the second and third days Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) is organizing various...

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development (MCYCD) announced a cultural...

Cultural activities by other government departments to come under MCYCD umbrella The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development (MCYCD) has announced a cultural...

SIKKA 2012: Call for submissions for contemporary art fair

Dubai Culture & Arts Authority calls for submissions for SIKKA 2012: An artist-led fair of commissioned work in the cultural nerve-centre of Dubai

UAE releases silver commemorative coins

UAE Central Bank releases fifty dirhams souvenir coin to mark 50th anniversary of discovery of Umm Al Nar civilization On the 50th anniversary of the...

City Sightseeing Dubai to give all UAE residents complimentary hop-on, hop-off...

To celebrate the 44th National Day of the UAE, City Sightseeing Dubai, is giving all UAE residents complimentary tours on its hop-on hop-off tour...

Global Power City Index 2020: Dubai 1st Regionally, 6th Globally in...

live ballad The Global Power City Index 2020, issued by the Institute for Urban Strategies - “Mori Memorial” Foundation, Japan, Dubai’s position as an advanced global...

Kinokuniya: World of Books

Covering 68,000 square feet, Kinokuniya Book World is the largest book store in the region, occupying almost an entire corner of the second floor...

Vogel’s shorts, Bulgarian selection and Oscar winning ‘Logorama’ take centrestage at...

The third edition of the Gulf Film Festival, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman...

Sharjah participates in the 53rd edition of Venice Biennale

Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) is highlighting the rich culture of the emirate of Sharjah with a special focus on various museums at Venice Biennale...

The Dubai Fountain to perform to UAE National Anthem

To mark the 40th UAE National Day celebrations, The Dubai Fountain, the world’s tallest performing fountain lining the waterfront promenade of The Dubai Mall, will perform to the UAE National Anthem from December 1 to 3, every day at 1pm, 7pm, 9pm and 11pm.

8th DIFF concludes with glittering Muhr Awards ceremony

The 8th Dubai International Film Festival concluded with a glittering award ceremony, where outstanding talent from the UAE and the Arab world, Asia and Africa were presented DIFF’s prestigious Muhr Awards.