Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 30, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun.
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Abu Dhabi & Dubai
Cooking class
Sign up to take part in the Jones the Grocer culinary masterclasses in December and learn to create a festive dish from one of the head chefs. The meal is a roast-chicken ballotine with sage-and-onion stuffing and all the sides, including Yorkshire pudding.
December 3, Khalidiyah, Abu Dhabi; December 7, 14, 21, 28, Al Manara, Dubai; December 10, Al Mamoura, Abu Dhabi; December 17, Al Raha, Abu Dhabi, 7pm to 9pm, Dh375 per person, www.facebook.com/JonestheGrocer
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Abu Dhabi
Concert
Get tickets from noon today to see Coldplay on New Year's Eve in Abu Dhabi. The band return to the capital and bring their A Head Full of Dreams Tour to close out 2016 in style. Hit songs include Adventure of a Lifetime, A Sky Full of Stars, Clocks and Viva la Vida.
December 31, from Dh350, du Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, www.ticketmaster.ae
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Abu Dhabi
Family fun
Book your visit to Yas Waterworld on Friday and enjoy the biggest water-battle in the city as part of the UAE National Day-themed celebrations. Head to the Amwaj Wave Pool at 11.45am and join in the fun. Choose to side with Team Dana or The Bandits. Coloured water pistols will be handed out to guests so get ready to get soaked. The event will be broadcast live on radio and social media.
Friday, 10am to 6pm, from Dh250, Yas Waterworld, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, www.yaswaterworld.com
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Al Ain
Family activity
Al Ain Raceway offers special prices to celebrate UAE National Day weekend. Get 35 per cent off Arrive & Drive sessions. Bring family and friends, buckle up and get 45 minutes of karting for Dh225.
Offer valid from Friday, 2pm to 10pm and Saturday, 10am to 6pm, Dh225, Al Ain Raceway, Al Ain, 03 768 6662, www.alainraceway.com
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Al Ain
Cultural event
Plan to visit the Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain for a programme of cultural activities to celebrate the UAE’s 45th National Day. Enjoy music, family workshops and performances based on the achievements of the country over the past 45 years. There will be Emirati hospitality, poetry, Al Ayalah dance, an air show by Emirates Falcons Aviation Group and much more.
Thursday and Friday, 4.30pm to 10pm, free, Al Jahili Fort, Al Ain, 03 711 8311
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Dubai
Concert
Get tickets to see Angela Gheorghiu in concert as part of the White Nights in Dubai concert series, which brings a variety of international musicians to perform at Dubai Opera. The Romanian soprano has performed leading roles in several operas around the world, including La Bohème, Faust and Tosca.
April 7, 8pm, from Dh550, Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai, www.ticketmaster.ae
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Dubai
Performance
See the final performance of Morgane Gauvin’s one-woman show, Je joue, donc je suis (I play, therefore I am) at Alliance Française Dubai. As part of her French-language act, Gauvin dances, sings and laughs about her expat life and wonders if she is the result of a globalised and rootless generation.
Tonight, 8.30pm, Dh80, auditorium, Alliance Française, Oud Metha, Dubai, 04 335 8712, www.afdubai.org
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Dubai
Comedy show
Get tickets to see a stand-up comedy night with Zakir Khan (pictured) presented by Desi Laughs. The “Confused Desi” presents his take on modern India. The English-language performance will also feature opening act Sandeep Sharma.
Tomorrow, 8.30pm, from Dh125, ages 16+, Centrepoint Theatre, Ductac, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, 04 341 4777, www.ductac.org
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Dubai
Festive concert
Buy tickets to see the Rat Pack festive show at the Dubai Winter Festival. For one night only, enjoy a music, comedy and dance performance featuring Timothy Harwood as Frank Sinatra, Mark Halliday as Dean Martin and Jason Pennycooke (pictured) as Sammy Davis Jr.
December 8, 4pm to 10pm for the festival; 8pm for Rat Pack show, from Dh125 and includes entry to the festival and two free beverages, Dubai Media City Amphitheatre, Dubai, www.dubaiwinterfestival.com
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Dubai
Film premiere
Get tickets to see the Middle East premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at Dubai International Film Festival. Come dressed in Star Wars costumes, as the best dressed will be rewarded with coveted prizes, enjoy photo opportunities and be among the first to see an epic adventure that stars Felicity Jones (pictured), Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk and Forest Whitaker.
December 14, 8pm, Dh100, Madinat Arena, Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, www.dubaifilmfest.com
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
What is the definition of an SME?
SMEs in the UAE are defined by the number of employees, annual turnover and sector. For example, a “small company” in the services industry has six to 50 employees with a turnover of more than Dh2 million up to Dh20m, while in the manufacturing industry the requirements are 10 to 100 employees with a turnover of more than Dh3m up to Dh50m, according to Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development.
A “medium-sized company” can either have staff of 51 to 200 employees or 101 to 250 employees, and a turnover less than or equal to Dh200m or Dh250m, again depending on whether the business is in the trading, manufacturing or services sectors.
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3rd Test: Perth, Dec 14-18
4th Test: Melbourne, Dec 26-30
5th Test: Sydney, Jan 4-8
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Company name: Farmin
Date started: March 2019
Founder: Dr Ali Al Hammadi
Based: Abu Dhabi
Sector: AgriTech
Initial investment: None to date
Partners/Incubators: UAE Space Agency/Krypto Labs
Libya's Gold
UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves.
The panel’s 2017 report followed a trail to West Africa where large sums of cash and gold were hidden by Abdullah Al Senussi, Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, in 2011.
Cases filled with cash that was said to amount to $560m in 100 dollar notes, that was kept by a group of Libyans in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
A second stash was said to have been held in Accra, Ghana, inside boxes at the local offices of an international human rights organisation based in France.
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Groom and Two Brides
Director: Elie Semaan
Starring: Abdullah Boushehri, Laila Abdallah, Lulwa Almulla
Rating: 3/5
EGYPT SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Ahmed El Shennawy, Mohamed El Shennawy, Mohamed Abou-Gabal, Mahmoud Abdel Rehem "Genesh"
Defenders: Ahmed Elmohamady, Ahmed Hegazi, Omar Gaber, Ali Gazal, Ayman Ahsraf, Mahmoud Hamdy, Baher Elmohamady, Ahmed Ayman Mansour, Mahmoud Alaa, Ahmed Abou-Elfotouh
Midfielders: Walid Soliman, Abdallah El Said, Mohamed Elneny, Tarek Hamed, Mahmoud “Trezeguet” Hassan, Amr Warda, Nabil Emad
Forwards: Ahmed Ali, Mohamed Salah, Marwan Mohsen, Ahmed "Kouka" Hassan.
Haemoglobin disorders explained
Thalassaemia is part of a family of genetic conditions affecting the blood known as haemoglobin disorders.
Haemoglobin is a substance in the red blood cells that carries oxygen and a lack of it triggers anemia, leaving patients very weak, short of breath and pale.
The most severe type of the condition is typically inherited when both parents are carriers. Those patients often require regular blood transfusions - about 450 of the UAE's 2,000 thalassaemia patients - though frequent transfusions can lead to too much iron in the body and heart and liver problems.
The condition mainly affects people of Mediterranean, South Asian, South-East Asian and Middle Eastern origin. Saudi Arabia recorded 45,892 cases of carriers between 2004 and 2014.
A World Health Organisation study estimated that globally there are at least 950,000 'new carrier couples' every year and annually there are 1.33 million at-risk pregnancies.
Expert advice
“Join in with a group like Cycle Safe Dubai or TrainYAS, where you’ll meet like-minded people and always have support on hand.”
Stewart Howison, co-founder of Cycle Safe Dubai and owner of Revolution Cycles
“When you sweat a lot, you lose a lot of salt and other electrolytes from your body. If your electrolytes drop enough, you will be at risk of cramping. To prevent salt deficiency, simply add an electrolyte mix to your water.”
Cornelia Gloor, head of RAK Hospital’s Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Centre
“Don’t make the mistake of thinking you can ride as fast or as far during the summer as you do in cooler weather. The heat will make you expend more energy to maintain a speed that might normally be comfortable, so pace yourself when riding during the hotter parts of the day.”
Chandrashekar Nandi, physiotherapist at Burjeel Hospital in Dubai
