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Razmig Bedirian

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Razmig Bedirian joined The National in 2019 as Arts & Culture writer, covering books, film, television and theatre. Born in the UAE, Razmig’s first stint with journalism came in the early 2000s when, at the age of 12, he was selected to be a reporter on a children’s programme on Dubai’s Channel 33. Razmig earned his bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the American University of Sharjah in 2012 and went on to work at Xpress and Gulf News, where he covered court, crime and immigration. In 2019, he received a master’s in creative writing from New York University, where he also worked as an adjunct instructor.

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Manuscripts from the UAE university. People attend Sharjah International Book Fair. Expo Centre Sharjah, Al Taawun Street, Sharjah. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Inside Sharjah International Book Fair, from manuscripts to literary blind dates

Peruvian literature and Omani heritage among plenty to discover at the fair, which runs until November 15

CultureNovember 04, 2026
Taleem by Dubai-based architecture practice Varussi translates the coded instructions used in Kashmiri carpet and shawl weaving into a structure made from reclaimed timber. Antonie Robertson/The National
What to see at Dubai Design Week, from desert gardens to Kashmiri weaving

Installations explore how architecture, materials and traditions shape how we experience world

Art & DesignNovember 04, 2026
Paul Guiragossian’s 1948 self-portrait, which he carried to shelters during the Lebanese Civil War, is being exhibited outside Lebanon for the first time. Photo: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
Painting that Paul Guiragossian refused to leave behind is on show in Abu Dhabi

Rarely seen works and family memories come together in a centenary exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, running until January 17

Art & DesignOctober 28, 2026
Reena Saini Kallat's Thresholds: Requiem (The Last Call) at Al Qattara Oasis. Photo: Public Art Abu Dhabi, Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial reveals Al Ain installations

More works to be revealed in Abu Dhabi on November 15

Art & DesignOctober 27, 2026
Rana Begum's Taking Form at The Third Line features tapestries and acrylic paintings, as well as watercolours. Photo: The Third Line
Rana Begum comes full circle with Taking Form, a colourful new show in Dubai

Nearly two decades after her first solo exhibition at The Third Line, the British-Bangladeshi artist returns with new work that reflects her evolving relationship with colour

Art & DesignOctober 19, 2026
Hisham Sharif's A Place Called Home, 2025. Photo: Hisham Sharif and Ayyam Gallery
Hisham Sharif on the tumultuous break-up that inspired his first Dubai solo show

The Bahraini artist explores love, longing and vulnerability through a vivid new body of work

Art & DesignSeptember 30, 2026
A visitor at the annual Frieze art fair in London. The first Frieze Abu Dhabi will bring 84 galleries to Manarat Al Saadiyat in November. Reuters
Frieze fuelled London's art boom and now the stage is set for Abu Dhabi

Director Dyala Nusseibeh explains how inaugural fair will build on Abu Dhabi Art’s legacy while widening capital’s global reach

Art & DesignSeptember 23, 2026
Blue Note exhibition traces links between jazz music and Islam, inspired by a conversation Saudi artist Sultan bin Fahad had with a friend. Photo: Leila Heller Gallery
Sultan bin Fahad explores links between jazz and Islam in solo exhibition

From a 1965 album by John Coltrane to a letter written by Malcolm X from prison, the Saudi artist highlights an overlooked element of the music genre's ties to faith

Art & DesignAugust 31, 2026
Nour Elbery with her installation Set Dressing for an Afterimage for the Mutable Devotions exhibition. Photo: NYUAD
Six NYUAD artists rethink memory and belonging in Abu Dhabi exhibition

Latest Rizq Art Initiative exhibition uses unconventional materials and imagined worlds to examine identity, displacement and our relationship with the land

Art & DesignAugust 28, 2026
Jamal Al Mahamel, also known as Camel of Hardship, is one of Sliman Mansour's most recognisable works. Photo: Estate of Sliman Mansour
Seven paintings by Sliman Mansour that highlight his legacy

Mansour died on Monday aged 79

Art & DesignAugust 25, 2026
Palestinian artist Adam Rouhana travelled with a mobile studio across several cities in the occupied West Bank for his Vantage Point 13 series Permission to Narrate. Photo: Adam Rouhana
Vantage Point Sharjah turns lens on intimate lives

Held annually since 2013, the event will now take place once every two years

Art & DesignAugust 24, 2026
Tashkeel was the first art institution to introduce risograph printing to the UAE. Antonie Robertson / The National
Group exhibition at Tashkeel celebrates charm and quirks of risograph

Khali Balak Men Riso explores how an analogue printing process continues to inspire contemporary artists in the UAE

Art & DesignAugust 05, 2026
The paintings prompt visitors to think about the different ways in which the human body contains 'history, inheritance and imagination'. Photo: Efie Gallery
African artists blur the line between abstraction and identity at Efie Gallery

Exhibition brings together four painters whose works explore memory, belonging and the experience of life across cultures

Art & DesignJuly 28, 2026
Hans Zimmer brings his Next Level tour to Etihad Arena on November 13. Photo: Abu Dhabi Festival
Abu Dhabi Festival reveals full line-up with Hans Zimmer and National Orchestra

Two-month programme runs under the theme Wisdom of Culture

Music & On-stageJuly 22, 2026
Mohammed Kazem credits much of his early experimentation to the mentorship of Hassan Sharif. Antonie Robertson / The National
How UAE landscapes helped Mohammed Kazem cut his teeth as an artist

Kazem is showing a selection of his work from the 1990s at Gallery Isabelle

Art & DesignJuly 22, 2026
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