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          Culture

          News from the world of arts, literature, music and heritage, highlighting how societies express and preserve their cultural identities

          Culture Summit Abu Dhabi is just one event in a busy calendar of cultural happenings in the UAE capital. Antonie Robertson / The National

          Abu Dhabi's cultural scene is fostering a sense of belonging

          EditorialApril 28, 2025
          Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2025 got under way on Sunday at Manarat Al Saadiyat. Antonie Robertson / The National

          Culture Summit Abu Dhabi: Talks on placing humanity at the heart of AI

          CultureApril 27, 2025
          The Club, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa/The National.

          An Abu Dhabi club ponders its next move

          CommentApril 24, 2025
          A selection of artworks and artefacts that form the Abu Dhabi Masterpieces Collection. DCT-Abu Dhabi

          The dynamic philosophy of the Abu Dhabi Masterpieces Collection

          CommentApril 23, 2025
          The opening day of AI Week in a the Museum of The Future, in Dubai, on April 21. Antonie Robertson / The National

          We urgently need AI that thinks in Arabic

          CommentApril 22, 2025
          Our Beginning, Zayed National Museum. Photo: Foster+Partners

          Zayed National Museum wants its doors open to all

          CommentApril 15, 2025
          The Gulf's multicultural population may have helped drive a new hybrid version of English. The National

          Has our cultural melting pot 'done the needful' and created 'Gulf English'?

          UAEApril 04, 2025
          Zayed National Museum. Photo: Foster+Partners

          Emiratis among winners of Dh1m Zayed National Museum fund

          UAEApril 03, 2025
          A giant Quran at the newly opened Holy Quran Museum in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AFP

          Where to find some of the world’s most treasured Qurans and manuscripts

          Art & DesignMarch 19, 2025
          Al Quoz Arts Festival in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National

          Dubai’s new art fair grant is taking Emirati art to the world

          CommentMarch 11, 2025
          Sake Dean Mahomed and Ibn Al Nafis. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

          How Europe’s leading Muslim heritage centre uses history to tackle hate

          UKFebruary 21, 2025
          The Arabic word of the week is ne’ena’a, the term for mint.

          How ‘Ne’ena’a’ evokes a feeling of minty freshness

          CultureFebruary 14, 2025
          Experts made a breakthrough last year, deciphering inscriptions on the sword's blade written in an Arabic-Persian-Turkic dialect. Photo: Sonya Troicher

          Swiss collector claims to have discovered Zulfiqar sword

          CultureFebruary 06, 2025
          The leaning Al Hadba minaret, nicknamed the 'hunchback', has been painstakingly restored. Reuters

          Unesco chief says Mosul ‘beacon of hope’ as Al Nuri Mosque restored

          MENAFebruary 05, 2025
          Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani changed the artform in the Arab world. Photo: AFP

          Who was Nizar Qabbani and why is he still an influential figure?

          BooksFebruary 01, 2025
          Baris Demirtas demonstrates the form required to hit the "Kabak" or Pumpkin. A target traditionally hung high to simulate shooting up the walls of a castle. Antonie Robertson / The National

          The ancient art of Mamluk archery brought to life in Umm Al Quwain

          NewsJanuary 31, 2025
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