Dhanusha Gokulan

DUBAI - The Create Heroes project has involved 10 students of the Rashid Paediatric Center who painted canvases in a riot of bright colours for the initiative on Sunday.

DUBAI - Exclusive artwork of the titans of 20th Century art, Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall have been bought together in a landmark exhibition ‘Picasso-Chagall: The Reconciliation’ at
Opera Gallery, Gate Village located
at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC).

DUBAI - No one leaves Dubai Mall without spending a few minutes gazing at the nearly 33,000 varieties of fish in the world’s largest acrylic aquarium. Those wishing to have a closer look at the fish can walk through the 48-metre-long tunnel, where enormous Groupers, Giant Stingrays and Sand Tiger Sharks float effortlessly overhead.

DUBAI - Indian expatriates are gearing up to celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colours, due to start on March 13.

DUBAI - Several authors participating in the Emirates Airlines International Literary Festival (EAIFL) have visited schools around the UAE to give 
inspirational anecdotes of their lives 
to children.

DUBAI - Denying that the Arab region is a permanent source of political turmoil, long-time economic and political commentator Edmund O’Sullivan says that the group of six Arabian countries comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is set to become the sixth largest economy in the world
by 2030.

DUBAI - Arabic literature has made its own special place in the literary world. A number of Arabic books, poems and other literary works are being translated from Arabic into other languages. But, while there is a sudden rush for translation of popular Arabic literature into foreign languages, Arab authors and poets have raised concerns on the type of works being chosen.

DUBAI — Sir Mark Tully, BBC’s iconic voice and ex-bureau chief of BBC India rendered his voice at the ongoing Literary Festival talking about the reasons behind the financial meltdown and giving references on his latest book ‘India’s Unending Journey’.

World famous British explorer and travel writer Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesigers best remembered image would be that of him sporting the Arab headdress with his thrice broken nose, crossing the wide Arab desert on a camel.

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DUBAI - Apart from being the centres for chilling out and shopping, shopping malls across the UAE are also a meeting place for intellectuals and book lovers.