+Aziz playing at a music festival in Louisiana in 2019. Keone Glover
How a Kuwaiti artist in Louisiana is realising his Khaleeji rock dream

+Aziz speaks about blending cultures through his genre-hopping band Kuwaisiana

January 17, 2021
An aerial photo of the Khalidiya neighbourhood in Abu Dhabi taken by Mohammed Khaled in 1974. Ali Khaled
What one photo says about Abu Dhabi's Khalidiya neighbourhood 50 years on

Writer Ali Khaled looks back on growing up in Khalidiya, and what it means to see an aerial image of the place taken by his late father in 1974

December 03, 2020
Farah Malhas painting a mural in her Beirut cafe. Farah Malhas
'It was all gone': Beirut painter Farah Malhas defies tragedy to exhibit in Dubai

The artist explains how she found solace in creating pieces for World Art Dubai after the port blast destroyed her studio

October 08, 2020
Abdulrahman Abumalih's podcast Fnjan in Saudi Arabia
This is the Saudi podcast king chronicling rapid change in the Gulf

He started his successful culture podcast ‘Fnjan’ from his bedroom about five years ago

January 16, 2020
Essam is now compared with her favourite Egyptian footballer, Mo Salah. Courtesy Sarah Essam
Move over Mo Salah, here's Egypt's Queen of football

As the first and only Arab female footballer playing the sport professionally in Europe, Egyptian athlete Sarah Essam is breaking boundaries from afar, finds Ali Khaled

October 24, 2019
Michelle Kuehn, founder of Real Boxing Only. 
The Dubai gym helping women become more comfortable with boxing

Founder Michelle Kuehn has built a community around 'no flash, just real boxing'

September 30, 2019
Today Soneva Fushi is home to 63 villas with private swimming pools, a spa, a diving centre, an outdoor “Cinema Paradiso”, an observatory and a number of restaurants: Out Of The Blue, Fresh In The Garden, So Hands On, Once Upon A Table, Mihiree Mithaa, Down Two Earth and, the newest, Shades Of Green.
Sonu Shivdasani: the man who put the Maldives on the luxury tourism map

Soneva Fushi, a celebrity honeymoon favourite, has now been operating for 25 years. We sit down with its founder

July 24, 2019
There were 10,766 active holiday home listings in 2018 in Dubai out of 20,395 Airbnb-registered properties, according to Knight Frank. Getty Images
Heading off for the summer? Earn money on your home while you are away

Dubai owners can rent out their properties as short-term holiday lets on sites such as Airbnb to secure extra income

June 24, 2019
Hashem Sabbagh (the man who brought the boys to Brazil), with Omar, Hafeth, Qais and Ahmad. Courtesy The Black Pearls Academy
The Syrian teen refugees living their sporting dreams in Brazil

Four teenage boys from Syria have been plucked from a refugee camp in Jordan to be a part of a football club in Brazil, and their heartwarming journey is being made into a documentary

June 19, 2019
A YahClick satellite wireless access point. Africa is set to gain with latest satellite connection. Yahsat
UAE's Yahsat satellite spreads opportunities in Africa

New Al Yah 3 satellite gives broadband service YahClick to eight new markets, including Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe

November 07, 2018
Agnieszka Radwanska was taken to three sets but did enough to book here progress to the third round. Francois Nel / Getty
Wozniacki, Radwanska and Ivanovic through to Dubai Tennis Championships third round

Agnieszka Radwańska maintained her bid for a second Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title after battling past Caroline Garcia in her second round match.

July 21, 2017
Members of U2 kick off their world tour of the Joshua Tree in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May 12, 2017. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP
Song remains the same: the appeal of anniversary tours is growing

As U2 embark on their Joshua Tree 30th anniversary tour, we take a look at the trend of bands banking on back catalogues to sell tickets.

May 15, 2017
In the film The Fifth Eelement, New York City yellow cabs, police cars and commuters all share the 23rd-Century skyscape in relative harmony. Courtesy Columbia Pictures
Forget flying cars, motoring’s future lies deep underground

Ali Khaled discusses about the genuine prospects for flying cars dotting our skylines

March 13, 2017
Social media, according to Emirati social commentator Sultan Al Qassemi, is a completely “new animal”, one whose impact on people’s lives is still massively underestimated.
Social media and the polluted waters of public discourse

Author Jon Ronson reminds us that there is nothing funny about public shaming, writes Ali Khaled

March 08, 2017
Ahmed Khalil lifts the league trophy with his Al Ahli teammates Ciel (99) after defeating Al Shaab during their final Arabian Gulf League match of the season at Rashid Stadium in Dubai. Christopher Pike / The National
UAE club football’s finances need urgent attention

Since the sport here turned professional, heavy financial support meant clubs had little reason to operate on a strict commercial basis – but talks held on Wednesday may help to avert a potentially devastating crisis in the game.

March 01, 2017