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Thursday Feb 28

What do Mohammad Ali, South Shields and Yemen have in common?

While making a film on boxing great's 1977 visit to a small UK coastal town, Tina Gharavi discovered something else
Thursday Feb 28

Nature's war with Europe's coastline

Europe’s coastlines have braved many a war. Now, photographer Carl de Keyzer shows, they await an assault by the sea
Tuesday Feb 26

Franco Dragone: Keeping Emirati culture alive

The legendary theatre director is all set to debut his show ‘Story of a Fort, Legacy of a Nation’
Friday Feb 22

Tips from Gulf Photo Plus' top photographers

From quirky portraits through to poodles posing with quizzical looks some of the world’s top photographers will be in Dubai to share the secrets of their success at Gulf Photo Plus 2013 on March 1.Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary talks to them about life behind the lens
Friday Feb 22

The Rascals reunite for Broadway

The 1960s soul group will be on, what producers are calling “a hybrid of a rock ‘n’ roll concert and a Broadway show”
Friday Feb 22

Ben Foster replaces Shia LaBeouf on Broadway

The theatre belongs not to the great but to the brash. acting is not for gentlemen, or bureaucratic-academics,” he tweeted after the decision
Thursday Feb 21

Middle Eastern art goes under the hammer in Dubai for UN World Food Programme

Works bid on to raise funds for UNWFP’s relief efforts among refugees in Iran
Thursday Feb 14

Invisible connections

Hesam Rahmanian’s latest show challenges commonly held beliefs about power, life and death
Saturday Feb 9

Cirque du Soleil: Behind the scenes

tabloid! takes a backstage tour of the famed circus show in town
Thursday Feb 7

'Re/cut piece' challenges perceptions

Anahita Razmi follows in the footsteps of Yoko Ono while asking unsettling questions about the representation of women and the Middle East
Wednesday Feb 6

Musical on Gloria Estefan planned

The singer and husband Emilio are working on a story based on their lives
Sunday Feb 3

Dubai girls perform debut classical dance

Dancers have been training in Bharatanatyam for six years
Thursday Jan 31

Ice Age artefacts frozen in time

A mind-blowing collection will take viewers to the beginning of modern humanity
Thursday Jan 31

Marco Longari: the eyewitness

Every time photographer covers a conflict, he embraces it as if he were one of those affected by it
Thursday Jan 31

Dancers break the rules at Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Artistes from all over the world have been showcasing ideas that would have seemed far-fetched to audiences just a few years ago
Friday Jan 25

Millepied named Paris Opera Ballet director

The Black Swan choreographer will start at the company in October 2014, when the present dance director, Brigitte Lefevre, retires
Friday Jan 25

Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart head to Broadway

Producers said the duo will star in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot
Thursday Jan 24

An investigation of power games

Zsolt Bodoni highlights the undertones in our education systems that pave the way for the loss of individual identities and personalities
Wednesday Jan 23

The world is dancing in Dubai

Dubai Shopping Festival provides the stage for artists and cultural ambassadors from around the globe to showcase a diverse range of musical traditions and dances
Monday Jan 21

English play starring Lillete Dubey to be staged in Dubai

Where Did I Leave My Purdah is about a troubled theatre actress
Thursday Jan 17

An attempt to lift  the veil of untruth

Photojournalist Laura El-Tantawy finds that there is more in common between Islam and other cultures than the world would have us believe
Thursday Jan 17

Making the reality linger

Mohammad Bourouissa’s Pérephérique captures a side of Paris that is often seen and heard but glossed over
Saturday Jan 12

DSF 2013 plays host to comedy carnival

Popular comedians will take turns to entertain at festival
Thursday Jan 10

Behind the veil, a modern Arab woman

Dubai–based British artist Patricia Millns wonders why those who wear the niqab choose to do so and ventures beyond the stereotypes
Thursday Jan 10

The goings-on in a beautiful mind

Ebtisam Abdul Aziz works magic with numbers, shapes and colours to create languages that both communicate and appeal to the eye

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