Rupert Hawksley

We visit the capital club and get bowled over by its solid sense of fun that has brought together a diversity of nationalities in the capital

The items – 11 new acquisitions and 40 loans – will be on display from the end of October

The chef tells us how a healthier diet helped chill him out, and why he’s adding lower calorie dishes to his Dubai menu to keep up with the ‘cutting-edge’ food scene in the emirate

To laugh at the heavy-touring novelty Dutch dance-pop group, who play in Dubai this weekend, is to miss the whole point

We take a closer look at the people and recipes inside 'Table Tales'

Theatre by QE2 is holding open auditions on October 13. Think of it as Dubai’s Got Talent, if you like

Rupert Hawksley speaks to Khoury about the future of the Middle East, the state of the Arab novel today and his latest work ‘My Name is Adam’

'I also wanted to give something back to a city that has been home for 25 years, and show a different face of Abu Dhabi, one the world doesn’t often see,' says author Hanan Sayed Worrell

The 37-year-old takes us through how he captured changing light to paint colourful, protected UAE landscapes that few people ever see for his new show

Omar Ghobash, Ahlam Mosteghanemi and Ibrahim Nasrallah are among the writers taking part in the literary fair this year

'In this part of the world particularly, ‘home’ is a very loaded, a very poignant subject because, for many of us, this is not home, it’s just where we live right now.'

The artist talks to Rupert Hawksley about how her years as a civil engineer formed the way she approaches objects, transforming the fluidity of a Whirling Dervish into a Cubist form

It's a bold experiment, scattered with clever ideas, and while it's easy to admire, it's also a gruelling journey for the audience

Artists from Cuba and the Middle East unfurl the barbed realities of displacement

'A few weeks ago, I said goodbye to Zain. I watched him take a last look from this small terrace above his house at what has been his life for the past 8 years. He loved his life in Beirut in spite of the fear, and the hardships he was facing every day'