From Dubai's Mall of the Emirates to Abu Dhabi's Galleria Al Maryah Island, the UAE's shopping centres are sporting dazzling decor for Ramadan, as shoppers enjoy the festive atmosphere.
Unsurprisingly, crescent moons feature throughout, with intricately designed ornaments hanging from ceilings or adorning signboards across the Emirates.
Scroll through the gallery above to see some of the UAE's most striking Ramadan decorations.
In Dubai, Times Square Centre has a mini majlis set-up that's perfect for photo opportunities. Festive design elements and window displays galore throughout Al Wahda Mall in Abu Dhabi. There's also an area set up in the centre of the mall where visitors can pose under orange and white arches.
Elegant decorations hang from the ceilings in both Mall of the Emirates and Galleria Al Maryah, where stars and moons are the main focus, alongside dangling fairy lights.
Ramadan Kareem messages can be seen throughout the UAE; on a giant signboard on the exterior of Dubai World Trade Centre or emblazoned on windows of malls, for example.
The decorations will remain in place through the holy month, leading into Eid Al Fitr, or the festival that marks the end of the holy month.
The language of diplomacy in 1853
Treaty of Peace in Perpetuity Agreed Upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast on Behalf of Themselves, Their Heirs and Successors Under the Mediation of the Resident of the Persian Gulf, 1853
(This treaty gave the region the name “Trucial States”.)
We, whose seals are hereunto affixed, Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar, Chief of Rassool-Kheimah, Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboo Dhebbee, Sheikh Saeed bin Buyte, Chief of Debay, Sheikh Hamid bin Rashed, Chief of Ejman, Sheikh Abdoola bin Rashed, Chief of Umm-ool-Keiweyn, having experienced for a series of years the benefits and advantages resulting from a maritime truce contracted amongst ourselves under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf and renewed from time to time up to the present period, and being fully impressed, therefore, with a sense of evil consequence formerly arising, from the prosecution of our feuds at sea, whereby our subjects and dependants were prevented from carrying on the pearl fishery in security, and were exposed to interruption and molestation when passing on their lawful occasions, accordingly, we, as aforesaid have determined, for ourselves, our heirs and successors, to conclude together a lasting and inviolable peace from this time forth in perpetuity.
Taken from Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1925-1939: the Imperial Oasis, by Clive Leatherdale
