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Like a cluster of petals on a string, Lama Hourani's jewellery is fresh and delicate. The 25-year-old Jordanian artist puts unexpected colours and textures together to create a line of lively jewellery both contemporary and timeless.

Remember when you were given a compass, a ruler and a pencil for your geometry class? You twirled the compass, chewed the pencil and tapped your ruler on the desk.

When we walked into the school's science and technology lab one Saturday morning, many children were standing on the bright blue tables, flying paper spinners.

We were watching Christina Aguilera on MTV, rocking the stage during the awards night.

Most students have enjoyed a long summer break, catching up with friends and family, staying away from lessons, just doing what they want to do.

Workmen were knocking the large, airy rooms into shape when we walked in for a pre-opening tour of The Performing Arts Centre, billed as Dubai's first complete school dedicated to dancing, singing and drama.

I was rushing out of the car park, intent on keeping an appointment, when I met someone who lives in my building.

He had a choice when he left school. To join engineering, the prestigious National Defence Academy, or a hotel management institute.

In an age marked by distrust and violence between nations, two men living in the UAE have come together to create a book that fosters dialogue between civilisations.

A week before we spoke, Simon Doran had flown into Bahrain with his team to recover a submerged magnetic range used to identify a passing vessel through its unique magnetic signature.

He switched on the ignition, lowered the volume of the radio, moved the air-conditioning up and turned around to face me on the back seat.

Dubai Police have rightly diverted traffic and closed certain roads to ensure Dubai 2003 - the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund - goes without a hitch.