Monday cover: Nico Rosberg’s win in Abu Dhabi sets the tone for 2016 Formula One season


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Mercedes-GP driver Nico Rosberg won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and landed on The National Sport front page on Monday, November 30.

Rosberg's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix win over teammate Lewis Hamilton makes for an intriguing 2016 Formula One season, writes Graham Caygill. Click here to read his anlaysis of the race

Re-live all the action from Yas Marina Circuit by checking out our live blog which broke down the race as it happened and click though the action images in our photo gallery.

It was a busy day in sport overall as Andy Murray ended Britian's long wait for Davis Cup success and Al Ahli's Ahmed Khalil was named the AFC Asian Player of the Year.

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Where to buy art books in the UAE

There are a number of speciality art bookshops in the UAE.

In Dubai, The Lighthouse at Dubai Design District has a wonderfully curated selection of art and design books. Alserkal Avenue runs a pop-up shop at their A4 space, and host the art-book fair Fully Booked during Art Week in March. The Third Line, also in Alserkal Avenue, has a strong book-publishing arm and sells copies at its gallery. Kinokuniya, at Dubai Mall, has some good offerings within its broad selection, and you never know what you will find at the House of Prose in Jumeirah. Finally, all of Gulf Photo Plus’s photo books are available for sale at their show. 

In Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi has a beautiful selection of catalogues and art books, and Magrudy’s – across the Emirates, but particularly at their NYU Abu Dhabi site – has a great selection in art, fiction and cultural theory.

In Sharjah, the Sharjah Art Museum sells catalogues and art books at its museum shop, and the Sharjah Art Foundation has a bookshop that offers reads on art, theory and cultural history.

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