Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for December 5, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun.
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Abu Dhabi
Heritage performance
Attend Hekayah the Story, a multiple-artist event under the stars in celebration of National Day, featuring poetry, prose and songs by performers from diverse backgrounds selected through a collaborative curatorial process, including Nabati poets and hip-hop artists, who present what heritage means to them, their families and culture. Food and beverages will be available. Pictured: Kenda Rae.
Tonight, 7pm, free with registration, East Plaza, NYU Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, register at www.nyuad.nyu.edu
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Abu Dhabi
Kids’ camp
Register your children, ages 5 and older, for the ZSC Academy Ice Skating Camp, where they can take part in on-ice sessions with certified coaches from the Ice Skating Institute of Asia, free skate and off-ice games to develop endurance, balance, coordination and flexibility.
December 18 to 22 and January 1 to 4, 9am to 1pm, Dh750 for week 1; Dh600 for week 2, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, register at 02 403 4333, ice@zsc.ae
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Abu Dhabi
Cultural evening
Get tickets now to attend a cultural evening with Alliance Française Abu Dhabi, the French Business Group and the Seychelles Embassy. Soirée des Îles Vanilles celebrates the Francophone expat community with festivities, food and beverages inspired by the Indian Ocean islands. Musicians and dancers from Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles will perform traditional songs and dances.
Thursday, 7.30pm, from Dh290, Hiltonia Corniche, Abu Dhabi, www.800tickets.com
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Nationwide
New movie
See Underworld 5: Blood War. Vampire death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her – with her only allies David (Theo James) and his father Thomas (Charles Dance) – even if it costs her everything. Action film, also starring Lara Pulver, Tobias Menzies, Bradley James and Trent Garrett.
Screening at cinemas across the UAE (15+)
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Abu Dhabi
Art exhibition
See works by the Crimean artists – and husband and wife – Katerina Spirtus and Andrey Dudchenko in Realism: Two Angels. The artists base their expression in realism, though interpreted in different ways, iconographically and stylistically. Pictured: Landscape with the Yellow Flag by Andrey Dudchenko
Daily until January 10, 10am to 10pm, Saturdays to Thursdays (closed Fridays), N2N Gallery, first floor, Nation Towers Galleria, Corniche, Abu Dhabi, 055 283 2642, www.n2n-gallery.com
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Dubai
Performance
Get tickets for a performance by Guy Pratt, the English bassist who has worked with rock band Pink Floyd, at Warehouse Four in Al Quoz. His show, The Sideman, is part comedy, part musical and includes behind-the-scenes stories of life on the road with Pink Floyd and other big names in the music industry. December 13, doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8.30pm, Dh120 for show; Dh250 for show and dinner, Warehouse Four, Al Quoz, Dubai, www.platinumlist.net
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Dubai
Spa morning
Reserve your spot at the Vaniday coffee morning experience at De La Mer Spa, where you can indulge in beauty treatments, including massages, nail buff and polish, and braiding, along with refreshments.
December 11, 10am to 1pm, from Dh40, De La Mer Spa, Villa 783, Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai, reservations at www.vaniday.ae
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Dubai
Roast dinner
Make reservations to feast at Tom & Serg as they bring back their pop-up roast dinner – Rule the Roast. The menu features Aussie roast lamb, roast chicken with apricot and herb stuffing, trimmings, finishing off with pudding.
Tonight and on December 12, 6pm to 10pm, Dh100, Tom & Serg, 15 A Street, Al Joud Center, Al Quoz, Dubai, www.tomandserg.com
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Dubai
Art exhibition
Attend the exhibition Iconic Photographs of Asia presented by award-winning American photographer Steve McCurry, who is known for capturing images that draw the viewer into the frame. The photographs he presents in this exhibition focus on a culture and its people, capturing tales of the human condition and telling stories. Pictured: Fishermen on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, 1996
Daily until January 10, 10am to 7pm, Sundays to Thursdays (closed Fridays and Saturdays), The Empty Quarter, Building 2, DIFC Gate Village, Dubai, 04 323 1210, www.theemptyquarter.com
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Dubai
Movie night
Plan to attend Short Movies Night at The Yard. Alliance Française Dubai is holding an evening of short-movie screenings for all ages under the stars.
December 10, 5pm to 6pm for children ages 5 to 8, 6pm to 7pm for children ages 8 to 12, 7pm to 10pm for teenagers and adults, free entry, The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, for full programme, visit www.afdubai.org
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if you go
The flights
Direct flights from the UAE to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, are available with Air Arabia, (www.airarabia.com) Fly Dubai (www.flydubai.com) or Etihad (www.etihad.com) from Dh1,200 return including taxes. The trek described here started from Jomson, but there are many other start and end point variations depending on how you tailor your trek. To get to Jomson from Kathmandu you must first fly to the lake-side resort town of Pokhara with either Buddha Air (www.buddhaair.com) or Yeti Airlines (www.yetiairlines.com). Both charge around US$240 (Dh880) return. From Pokhara there are early morning flights to Jomson with Yeti Airlines or Simrik Airlines (www.simrikairlines.com) for around US$220 (Dh800) return.
The trek
Restricted area permits (US$500 per person) are required for trekking in the Upper Mustang area. The challenging Meso Kanto pass between Tilcho Lake and Jomson should not be attempted by those without a lot of mountain experience and a good support team. An excellent trekking company with good knowledge of Upper Mustang, the Annaurpuna Circuit and Tilcho Lake area and who can help organise a version of the trek described here is the Nepal-UK run Snow Cat Travel (www.snowcattravel.com). Prices vary widely depending on accommodation types and the level of assistance required.
EA Sports FC 25
Developer: EA Vancouver, EA Romania
Publisher: EA Sports
Consoles: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4&5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
Rating: 3.5/5
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The President's Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Rating: 4/5
How to apply for a drone permit
- Individuals must register on UAE Drone app or website using their UAE Pass
- Add all their personal details, including name, nationality, passport number, Emiratis ID, email and phone number
- Upload the training certificate from a centre accredited by the GCAA
- Submit their request
What are the regulations?
- Fly it within visual line of sight
- Never over populated areas
- Ensure maximum flying height of 400 feet (122 metres) above ground level is not crossed
- Users must avoid flying over restricted areas listed on the UAE Drone app
- Only fly the drone during the day, and never at night
- Should have a live feed of the drone flight
- Drones must weigh 5 kg or less
Farage on Muslim Brotherhood
Nigel Farage told Reform's annual conference that the party will proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood if he becomes Prime Minister.
"We will stop dangerous organisations with links to terrorism operating in our country," he said. "Quite why we've been so gutless about this – both Labour and Conservative – I don't know.
“All across the Middle East, countries have banned and proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood as a dangerous organisation. We will do the very same.”
It is 10 years since a ground-breaking report into the Muslim Brotherhood by Sir John Jenkins.
Among the former diplomat's findings was an assessment that “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” has “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
The prime minister at the time, David Cameron, who commissioned the report, said membership or association with the Muslim Brotherhood was a "possible indicator of extremism" but it would not be banned.
Veere di Wedding
Dir: Shashanka Ghosh
Starring: Kareena Kapoo-Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania
Verdict: 4 Stars
Unresolved crisis
Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a bitter conflict since 2014, when Ukraine’s Kremlin-friendly president was ousted, Moscow annexed Crimea and then backed a separatist insurgency in the east.
Fighting between the Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces has killed more than 14,000 people. In 2015, France and Germany helped broker a peace deal, known as the Minsk agreements, that ended large-scale hostilities but failed to bring a political settlement of the conflict.
The Kremlin has repeatedly accused Kiev of sabotaging the deal, and Ukrainian officials in recent weeks said that implementing it in full would hurt Ukraine.
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Jetour T1 specs
Engine: 2-litre turbocharged
Power: 254hp
Torque: 390Nm
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Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
Lexus LX700h specs
Engine: 3.4-litre twin-turbo V6 plus supplementary electric motor
Power: 464hp at 5,200rpm
Torque: 790Nm from 2,000-3,600rpm
Transmission: 10-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 11.7L/100km
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