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Dave Chappelle is among the headliners at the inaugural Riyadh Comedy FestivaL. AFP

Riyadh Season 2025: Dave Chappelle, WWE Royal Rumble and Boulevard World

CultureAugust 09, 2025

Participants in Misrah will travel 1,000km across the UAE desert by foot and camel. Photo: Emirates Foundation

100 residents to be selected for 1,000km camel trek across UAE desert

CultureAugust 05, 2025

Expo City Dubai will welcome its first residents next year, and aims to help people thrive professionally and personally. Photo: Expo City Dubai

How Expo City Dubai is redefining the modern workplace

CommentAugust 04, 2025

A butterfly dance show at Umm Al Emarat Park, near where the writer lives. Victor Besa / The National

A love letter to Abu Dhabi's Mushrif neighbourhood

CommentAugust 01, 2025

Visitors at an exhibition at Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, in Sharjah. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

How museums can widen their definitions of sustainability

CommentJuly 29, 2025

Egypt has long been a major player in the global handmade carpet market. Mohamed Fathi / The National

Egyptian village remains tied to handmade carpet trade as industry frays

MENAJuly 25, 2025

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki will appear at the two-day congress in Abu Dhabi this September. AFP

Nadine Labaki and Mo Amer to speak at Arabic Creative Industries Congress

BooksJuly 21, 2025

The 10th-century poet Abu Al Tayeb Al Mutanabbi. Poetry is often considered to be the favourite class of art among Arab societies both today and throughout history.

How poetry can help us understand the Gulf's economic history

CommentJuly 10, 2025

People on the bridge to the Bluewaters Island in Dubai. There are no fines for uncovered shoulders or short skirts in most spaces. The UAE does not enforce rigid public dress codes. Reuters

There's no dress code in the UAE but how appropriate is your outfit?

CommentJuly 08, 2025

The LANGAR is being served to public in a street of Lyari one of the old locality of the city. LANGAR is a form of eating which is offered to general public, i.e. whoever wants to come and dine for free, can do so. A group of 4-6 people sit by making a circle and between them a larger plate called THAALA or THAAL filled with the BIRYANI, PULAO, HALEEM, or ZARDA -the local dishes, are generally served for their dine. These charitable kind of eating are arranged on various celebration days.

In defence of eating with hands amid Zohran Mamdani backlash

LifestyleJuly 03, 2025

Food delivery services, home-based food businesses and ghost kitchens have redefined how food is prepared, served and consumed in the region. PA

What are we ordering? The change in how we eat in the Middle East

CommentJune 13, 2025

Today, access to information is no longer seen as a luxury but as a necessity, despite the heavy irony of it being in far more regular supply than ever before. EPA

We should consume information like we eat our food – at intervals

CommentMay 30, 2025

Qasr Al Watan’s Al Barza is resplendent in sparkling chandeliers and is decorated in gold. Photo: Qasr Al Watan

The Abu Dhabi palace where dignitaries like Trump are welcomed

CultureMay 15, 2025

People wait outside Restaurante Botin, founded in 1725, in Madrid, Spain. Getty

What the undying fire at the world's oldest restaurant teaches us

CommentMay 09, 2025

The American film director David Lynch will be missed long after his death in January. AFP

Trump's tariffs on 'foreign' films should make us ask: After David Lynch, who?

CommentMay 08, 2025

Million's Poet is returning for its 12th season. Mona Al-Marzooqi / The National

Million's Poet: The Abu Dhabi competition with Dh15 million at stake

Music & On-stageMay 04, 2025

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