Gelato - the ice cream of Italy - is being celebrated in Dubai this week. Chris Warde-Jones / Bloomberg News
Gelato - the ice cream of Italy - is being celebrated in Dubai this week. Chris Warde-Jones / Bloomberg News
Gelato - the ice cream of Italy - is being celebrated in Dubai this week. Chris Warde-Jones / Bloomberg News
Gelato - the ice cream of Italy - is being celebrated in Dubai this week. Chris Warde-Jones / Bloomberg News

Five Things to Do Today: taste some real gelato


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Taste fresh Italian gelato for free at the International Centre for Culinary Arts and Carpigiani Gelato University's Gelato Open Day. Meet the master trainer Alice Vignoli and Team ICCA with their Emirati Fusion Flavour for the Gelato World Tour Dubai, beginning Thursday. From noon to 7pm, Block 8, Dubai Knowledge Village, www.gelatoworldtour.com.

See the opening of the exhibition Metamorphosis, which features works by local artists as well as the students, parents, staff and friends of Brighton College Abu Dhabi. The exhibition ­explores the themes of change and growth. ­Pictured: Parrot by the artist Lama Khatib Daniel. At 7pm, Brighton College Abu Dhabi, near Khalifa Park, Abu Dhabi, www.brightoncollege.ae

Practise your French at the Cafe Conversation at Alliance Française. This month's topic, as it's Valentine's Day, will be love: what it means, behaviours of men and women and love in different cultures. At 7.30pm, Vendome Paris, Alliance Française, Oud ­Metha, Dubai, RSVP at info@afdubai.org

Experience Dreams by the Act, a theatrical journey with song and dance numbers, performance art and speciality acts as you share Peruvian food. From 8.30pm to 1am, The Act Dubai, 42nd floor, Shangri-La, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, 052 811 9900, www.facebook.com/TheActDubai

Spend time with the family at Fun City's My Valentine celebrations all this month. The Special Family Package for two adults and two children includes Unlimited Play Area, Kiddie & Big Rides for two hours, Dh50 cash credit on Powercard and meals for two children. You can capture special moments in a family picture as a memento. Dh150, Fun City locations at shopping venues across the UAE, www.funcity.ae

The five pillars of Islam

1. Fasting

2. Prayer

3. Hajj

4. Shahada

5. Zakat 

The five pillars of Islam

1. Fasting 

2. Prayer 

3. Hajj 

4. Shahada 

5. Zakat 

Company Fact Box

Company name/date started: Abwaab Technologies / September 2019

Founders: Hamdi Tabbaa, co-founder and CEO. Hussein Alsarabi, co-founder and CTO

Based: Amman, Jordan

Sector: Education Technology

Size (employees/revenue): Total team size: 65. Full-time employees: 25. Revenue undisclosed

Stage: early-stage startup 

Investors: Adam Tech Ventures, Endure Capital, Equitrust, the World Bank-backed Innovative Startups SMEs Fund, a London investment fund, a number of former and current executives from Uber and Netflix, among others.

Our family matters legal consultant

Name: Hassan Mohsen Elhais

Position: legal consultant with Al Rowaad Advocates and Legal Consultants.

The burning issue

The internal combustion engine is facing a watershed moment – major manufacturer Volvo is to stop producing petroleum-powered vehicles by 2021 and countries in Europe, including the UK, have vowed to ban their sale before 2040. The National takes a look at the story of one of the most successful technologies of the last 100 years and how it has impacted life in the UAE.

Read part three: the age of the electric vehicle begins

Read part two: how climate change drove the race for an alternative 

Read part one: how cars came to the UAE