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Fifteen years ago, Saman Leema Pereira arrived in the UAE, lonely and homesick. To overcome these feelings, she took to painting and soon discovered that her work began getting noticed and appreciated.

Syrian artist Hisham Wadee Adwan's work characterises the man - calm and soft spoken.

Interior decorator, fashion designer and artist par excellence scarcely describes Laila Al Balushi. Recently arrived from Oman, this graduate from the New York School of Interior Design and Parson's School of Design has been quickly recruited by the Cultural Foundation Art Workshop.

Indian Ladies Association's bonanza a fun-filled event

Visually impaired singer does well on her own

Caricatures and paintings come naturally to doctor

Rasha Wassem, a young Egyptian designer, is holding her first exhibition of jewellery at the Art Workshop. Inaugurated by Khalfan Mussaba, director of the Cultural Foundation and assistant under secretary for Art and Cultural Affairs, the show is drawing many women from the capital. Wassem's creations include chokers, necklaces, bracelets and rings.

The Abu Dhabi Women's Union is holding an exhibition on their premises. Something of special interest among the exhibits is Liyee Alexander's work in metal embossing.

The Abu Dhabi Quilting Guild held an exhibition of its quilts at the Hilton hotel recently which proved quite a visual delight. On display were around 100 quilts, many of them handmade. And they all had something artistic to say and show.

Haroon Khalid was in the news for scoring top marks in the SSC annual examinations among the boys with a score of 644 in the general group. Haroon, who is visually impaired, is one of the best students in the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Arab Pakistan School.

Classical music, be it Eastern or Western, is said to be music for the soul. Carnatic music, the genre of South India which traces its lineage back to more than 3,000 years, is considered much more than that by Indian music aficionados.

Craftswoman's home a veritable treasure trove