Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere
Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere
Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere
Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere

5 things to do: See 2 Voices, 1 Passion.Grand Operas, Great Voices or watch Slumdog Millionaire


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See 2 Voices, 1 Passion. Grand Operas, Great Voices. As part of the World Classical Music Series, the French opera singers, Delphine Haidan, a mezzo, and Karine Deshayes, a mezzo-soprano, will perform some masterpieces by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet and Offenbach. They will be accompanied by Thomas Palmer. Doors open at 7pm, concert begins at 8pm, from Dh250, One&Only Royal Mirage, Al Sufouh Road, Dubai, 050 870 2674, www.platimumlist.net.

Catch the last days of the Winter Fair at The Galleria, where you can enjoy the twinkling lights and a bazaar featuring artisanal products, home decor and gifts. Stalls serve hot chocolate and Dutch pancakes, plus there is a snowball park, a reindeer rodeo station and more. Open 4pm to 11pm, The Galleria, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, 02 616 6999, www.thegalleria.ae.

End the week with some fun at Yalla Laugh's Rooftop Comedy at Up & Below, featuring some of the best local comedians including Salman Qureshi, Junaid Akram, Omar Kazim, Osman Rohail, Ray Addison, Liz Zamorski, Jon Boulton and the MC Erik Thornquist. 8pm, free entry, Up and Below, Courtyard by Marriott, World Trade Center, Abu Dhabi, www.yallalaughs.com.

Plan to attend the Pop-Up Market and Car Boot Sale at Zayed Sports City, where you will find great deals on pre-loved and gently used household goods and other items such as books and toys. Tomorrow, 8am-2pm, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, thelittlebirdiemarket@gmail.com.

Watch the Oscar-winning 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire at the Beach Movie Night. The winner of eight Oscars, including Best Picture, the film follows 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) who is sitting in the hot seat of the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and the flashbacks that he experiences as he answers each question. 7pm, free, Bayshore Beach Club, InterContinental Abu Dhabi, www.facebook.com/InterContiAD.

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Dust and sand storms compared

Sand storm

  • Particle size: Larger, heavier sand grains
  • Visibility: Often dramatic with thick "walls" of sand
  • Duration: Short-lived, typically localised
  • Travel distance: Limited 
  • Source: Open desert areas with strong winds

Dust storm

  • Particle size: Much finer, lightweight particles
  • Visibility: Hazy skies but less intense
  • Duration: Can linger for days
  • Travel distance: Long-range, up to thousands of kilometres
  • Source: Can be carried from distant regions
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Hometown: Cologne, Germany

Family: Wife Hanan Ahmed and their three children, Marrah (23), Tibijan (19), Amon (13)

Favourite dessert: Umm Ali with dark camel milk chocolate flakes

Favourite hobby: Football

Breakfast routine: a tall glass of camel milk

The National Archives, Abu Dhabi

Founded over 50 years ago, the National Archives collects valuable historical material relating to the UAE, and is the oldest and richest archive relating to the Arabian Gulf.

Much of the material can be viewed on line at the Arabian Gulf Digital Archive - https://www.agda.ae/en

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2018 ICC World Twenty20 Asian Western Regional Qualifier
The top three teams progress to the Asia Qualifier

Thursday results
UAE beat Kuwait by 86 runs
Qatar beat Bahrain by five wickets
Saudi Arabia beat Maldives by 35 runs

Friday fixtures
10am, third-place playoff – Saudi Arabia v Kuwait
3pm, final – UAE v Qatar

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Transmission: nine-speed automatic

Power: 310hp

Torque: 367Nm

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Director: Jesse Armstrong

Rating: 3.5/5

David Haye record

Total fights: 32
Wins: 28
Wins by KO: 26
Losses: 4

Europe’s rearming plan
  • Suspend strict budget rules to allow member countries to step up defence spending
  • Create new "instrument" providing €150 billion of loans to member countries for defence investment
  • Use the existing EU budget to direct more funds towards defence-related investment
  • Engage the bloc's European Investment Bank to drop limits on lending to defence firms
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