DUBAI: Global Village, the UAE and wider region’s leading multicultural family destination for culture, shopping, attractions, and entertainment, begins its month-long UAE National Day celebrations on the 50th Flag Day of our Nation. Partnering with Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA), Global Village launches the 50 Years of Togetherness photography contest. The […]
DUBAI: Twelve drones will fly autonomously to a pre-set choreography, sometimes taking human form, in a duet between human consciousness and technology in ‘Airman,’ a show by the Netherlands-based dance troupe, Another Kind of Blue. The troupe won worldwide admiration, with spots in the finals of both America and Britain’s Got Talent and now, they will […]
There is no cure for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), although it can be managed with lifestyle and dietary changes. That’s why Irish engineers Aonghus Shortt and Peter Harte founded FoodMarble, a startup that has invented portable devices, measuring just 5 centimeters squared, which test the hydrogen levels in a person’s breath, a key signal for […]
DUBAI: The pride of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan shone down on Expo 2020 visitors as the Zaraha Zayed (Arabic for ‘Zayed visited’) show saw beautiful images and video footage of the UAE’s Founding Father adorn the dome of Al Wasl Plaza, the beating heart of the Expo 2020 site, on the 17th anniversary of […]
DUBAI: With a vision of making Dubai the best city in the world to live in, its urban planning and transport authorities have a new focus: providing more green spaces, increasing the number of cycle routes, and expanding the road and public transportation network. Speaking about the future of transport during a Cities on the Move session, a […]
DUBAI: Having sustained indigenous communities for centuries, ancestral teachings and practices have a unique role in preserving Mother Earth today, believes Grandmother Mona Polacca, a senior tribal leader and a founding member of a worldwide coalition of indigenous women. “The council is deeply concerned about the destruction of Mother Earth,” Polacca, who is Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa elder and Chair […]
DUBAI: The AC Milan football team is hosting a ‘From Milan to Many: Watch Party’ at the Expo 2020 Dubai for its Champions League game tomorrow against FC Porto. To help generate excitement and support for the Rossoneri – so-called because of their iconic red-and-black shirts – and with help from the Principal Partner Emirates, former […]
Ameer Khusrau’s poetry, to the movies of Bollywood, Urdu has been the language of romance and love. With its sophistication and gentleness, the Urdu language has elegantly managed to unite more than 1.5 billion people and now, you can now witness the grace and refinement of Urdu at the Mehfil-e-Urdu 2021 brought to you by […]
Ameer Khusrau’s poetry, to the movies of Bollywood, Urdu has been the language of romance and love. With its sophistication and gentleness, the Urdu language has elegantly managed to unite more than 1.5 billion people from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and many more countries around the globe which is a remarkable feat to say the […]
DUBAI: Launching on World Cities Day, Expo’s Urban and Rural Development Week will explore how we must transform the way we move, build, consume and live in the habitats of the future. Expo 2020 Dubai was built with a new city in mind – and District 2020, which will retain and repurpose 80 percent of […]
DUBAI: The Australia Pavilion at Expo celebrated the country’s most famous thoroughbred horse race, the Melbourne Cup, with a breakfast hosted by the Victorian Government. There was a live screening of the race – with guests watching as Verry Elleegant, ridden by jockey James McDonald, claimed the AUD 4.4 (AED 12 m) first prize – and […]
