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Gallery owner and art collector Rami Farouk next to one of his favorite pieces from his personal collection, "Identical Sins" by local artist Ubik.
Banking on art

Feature Showcasing 70 galleries from around the world, Art Dubai is finding a new audience beyond the big museums. The UAE's young, investment-minded collectors are proving a powerful force in shaping the country's rapidly growing art scene.

March 13, 2010
Martin Amis told the International Festival of Literature in Dubai this week that he 'respected Mohammed, not Mohammed Atta'.
Martin Amis comes close to apology over Islam comments

Speaking this week in Dubai, the British author explained the strong views he has expressed on the Muslim faith.

UAEMarch 13, 2010
'Archaic' lessons hurt literacy, writers say

Experts at International Festival of Literature say children need to be encouraged to read books in their native language.

EducationMarch 11, 2010
Reem Mohammed has a shop in Dubai dealing in second-hand designer goods, with a back room for customers who might be embarrassed to be spotted selling on their possessions.
All the flash for much less cash

The lure of the designer label is still as strong, but in these straitened times even the wealthy are scouring the internet and flea markets for bargains.

UAEFebruary 20, 2010
Bloomingdale's opens in Dubai

The department store opens its first store outside the US with customers buying into a New York shopping experience.

UAEFebruary 01, 2010
A shopper leaves La Maison d'Hôtes with items sold at a discount by the hotel, now closed.
Shoppers flock to final hotel sale

A boutique guesthouse in Dubai opens its doors for the last time to sell off decorations, bed linen and goods from the hotel shop.

UAEJanuary 24, 2010
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Fitting end to Dubai's French fixture after forced closure

It is not often you visit a hotel and end up leaving with half the fixtures and fittings. But a mob who gathered outside one of the city's few boutique hotels this morning did just that.

UAEJanuary 23, 2010
Learning to serve

Feature Tahira Yaqoob trains at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in Dubai and ends up with a slice of humble pie.

January 16, 2010
Tariq al Habtoor gets ready to play for the UAE team in a charity match against a Palestinian side at the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club yesterday. The UAE won by five and a half points to five.
Family with a passion to bring polo back home

Spurred on by their passion for polo, members of the Al Habtoor business family are striving to establish it in the UAE.

UAEJanuary 16, 2010
Souvenirs with the outdated Burj Dubai name are selling at a discount as traders await new stock. Paulo Vecina / The National
Nice souvenir, shame about the name

When officials changed the name of the world's tallest building, it surprised many but left one group facing economic shock: the souvenir sellers.

UAEJanuary 09, 2010
You can queue and pay the standard Dh100 to get to the Burj Khalifa observation deck, or stump up four times as much for the fast-track experience.
Ticket to top of Burj Khalifa now Dh400

Fee for a fast-track ride to the 124th-floor observation level is nearly doubled in effort to reduce queues and encourage people to book in advance

UAEJanuary 09, 2010
Robert Downey Jr, playing the world famous detective, in Guy Ritchie's new film, Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes - the undying detective

The inspiration for the adventures of the fictional Victorian detective can still be seen on the historic streets of London.

January 02, 2010
Several customers complain that they believe restaurants just increase their earnings with the service charge instead of distributing it to their employees.
Restaurants still padding the bill with illegal charges

Non-tourist restaurants are continuing to add service charges to bills despite government calls for diners to report fees that break the law.

UAEJanuary 02, 2010
Dr Buthainah al Shunnar, at her clinic in Dubai, analyses the areas of Kasia Sinclair's face she will be applying the filler injections to.
A Botox craze takes hold in Dubai

More and more women in the UAE are asking not only for lip implants and face fillers, but also for injections of the potentially dangerous Botox.

HealthJanuary 02, 2010
Sonia Brewin, the director of Start, has organised activities for 150 children in Bethlehem over the festive period with the Art is Magic initiative.
The art of giving to orphans

Fifteen artists, nine of them from the UAE, will be visiting children in Bethlehem over Christmas, offering them a much-needed creative outlet .

EducationDecember 20, 2009
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