Dhanusha Gokulan

DUBAI — Creating a brand new trend with bejewelled gun-shaped belt buckles, red sequined jeans and Marilyn Monroe collages, the Bauhaus lifestyle store in Ibn Batutta Mall creates a niche for itself by being the trendiest music, fashion and art store in Dubai.

ABU DHABI/DUBAI — The current financial situation is sharpening architects’ creativity and pushing them to come up with more ambitious ideas for sustainable buildings, said visiting Scandinavian architects.

SHARJAH — British artist Sacha Jafri believes that art can make an incredibly powerful impact. So when he asked the students of Scholars International Academy to give him ideas to put on the canvas, he didn’t flinch one bit when a six-year-old suggested he should draw an imaginary monument in Paris, a fire breathing white dragon, unicorns or aliens from another galaxy dropping trees on the earth to cure global warming.

DUBAI - What looks like a picture taken of a salvage car yard, is going to be turned into a ‘cartistic’ extravaganza.

DUBAI - Eight years ago, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai spoke to the public to stimulate the interest of the Emirati community to use the Internet.

DUBAI — The Village Shopping Center on the Jumeirah Beach Road has a medieval charm to it, with a modern twist. Most of the shops and boutiques in the shopping centre are inspired by an elegant Mediterranean style, starting from the open architecture and wide corridors to the gargoyle spout fountains and cozy furniture.

DUBAI — Lulu’s hair, according to her, is a stubborn mass of curls. So a few days before her first day to Grade 1, Lulu and her friend try everything humanly possible to get her hair stay sleek, straight and glossy.

DUBAI - Italian based Iraqi, Erfan Rashid, is not a traditional children’s film maker.

DUBAI — Ten-year-old Kuwaiti national Sayed Abdullah Sulaiman has the exceptional talent of leaving bystanders spell bound once he begins to play football. The youngster made his way to the Gulf Film Festival along with his father and director of the documentary ‘Sayed, Soccer Talent’, Hans Groenendijk.

DUBAI — Bursting with energy, the 
first year Applied Communication students of Dubai Women’s College, Alia Al Shamlan, Fatma Al Bastaki and Mariam Al Nuaimi could hardly hide their excitement after the first public screening of their 2-minute short film ‘Enigma’ at the second edition of the Gulf Film Festival.