With news that Eid Al Adha will start on September 1, the skies of the UAE are set to light up in celebration. Here is a round-up of where you can best watch the show.
Abu Dhabi
Yas Marina
The show will begin at 9pm on the first day of Eid, and the best place to see it will be on the Yas Marina promenade. Restaurants along the promenade are expected fill up quickly, so make your bookings fast.
Dubai
The Beach, JBR
The Beach at JBR is planning a four-day firework extravaganza, beginning on the first day of Eid. This starts at 8.45pm, but it is a good idea to get there quite a bit earlier to grab a spot as it is likely to get very crowded.
Dubai Festival City
Dubai Festival City will be celebrating with a free fireworks show on the first day of Eid. The show, which is choreographed to music, will take place at 6pm and 9pm. Once again, get there early because this will be crowded.
Sharjah
Al Qasba’s display is set for 10pm. There are plenty of family-related activities and cultural attractions to fill time before the show.
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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.
Islamophobia definition
A widely accepted definition was made by the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims in 2019: “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.” It further defines it as “inciting hatred or violence against Muslims”.
Anghami
Started: December 2011
Co-founders: Elie Habib, Eddy Maroun
Based: Beirut and Dubai
Sector: Entertainment
Size: 85 employees
Stage: Series C
Investors: MEVP, du, Mobily, MBC, Samena Capital
Challenge Cup result:
1. UAE 3 faults
2. Ireland 9 faults
3. Brazil 11 faults
4. Spain 15 faults
5. Great Britain 17 faults
6. New Zealand 20 faults
7. Italy 26 faults
