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UAE women were the centre of international attention yesterday. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund focussed on their empowerment and the challenges they face in the country, region and around the world.

Spending on DSS reached Dh1.3b in '02

Colour Surprises begins at Airport Expo

They scratch, they stare, they amble oh-so-slowly across the floor to where their keeper stands.

One gentle flick of a brush, and a jaw is defined, the border of a headscarf revealed, and a strand of deliberately errant hair replicated.

From noted desert explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger to fellow voyagers charting new ground in outer space, underwater and atop mountain ranges, a whole host of world-famous adventurers look set to enthral Dubai residents and visitors when Adventure Surprises opens next week, Dubai Police representatives announced yesterday.

The Bouquet of Colours art exhibition, which opened Art Surprises week at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel on Thursday, is a show with a difference. It is growing art.

UAE national Abdulnasser Ali Al Shamsi has an uncommon vision. He sees the mathematical in the everyday, the art in decaying buildings, and the timelessness in the pedestrian.

He was the historian of the UAE at a time when it had no historians. For those who were not here in the early days, it is through his lens that we have seen the great changes wrought in this young nation.

Some of the oldest known photographs of the Emirates are currently on display at Deira City Centre's Jewellery Court as part of Heritage Surprises Week.

To forget one's ancestors and ancestry, goes an old Chinese proverb, is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.

Back to School Surprises, the last week of Dubai's 10-week Summer Surprises package, will end the summer holiday season with a bang, if the plans announced by the Department of Economic Development (DED) are any indication.