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Life lessons: Isabelle de La Bruyère
The director of Christie’s Middle East shares her wisdom with M magazine.
Holmes confident in Dubai's ambition
Dame Kelly Holmes, the Olympic double gold medallist, said she had 'no doubt' Dubai would be ready if it were selected to host the Summer Games in 2024.
The Revolution Will Be Digitised: follow the bytes to find corruption
The activist Heather Brooke examines the battle to expose institutionalised corruption and secrecy.
Dancers take Dubai
Ahead of BNF dance company's annual show, we atlk to a few students-turned-performers about what's to come.
Arabic comedians are working to change minds
Dean Obeidallah, the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, talks about effecting change through comedy.
Why women should wear short skirts
One of France's leading feminists explains why how she is battling harassment of women in the country's ghettos.
Canadians get a taste of home in the UAE
With the opening of the first Tim Hortons coffee shop in Dubai, Canadians and others familiar with the brand line up for some favourite flavours.
Tim Hortons outlet in Dubai mobbed by Canadian expats
Judging from the crowd of about 50 diners and the constant stream of customers threatening to spill out of the front door, the franchise is already poised to be a runaway success.
An occasion for the right shoe
Keeping classic shoes around means holding out hope for a return to the past.
Fight over Oklahoma Sharia ban loomed well before 9/11
If Oklahoma seems an odd territory on which to decide the future of Muslim America, the seeds of this current dispute were sowed on a clear, spring morning in April 1995.
A better class of flea: bargain-hunting goes upmarket
Recession and social conscience have conspired to produce the 'designer market' in Dubai, where the owners of unwanted luxury items can put them back into circulation.
Katrina Kaif: I am a determined person by nature
The Bollywood star maintains her chilly reputation in a brief interview for the premiere of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan in Abu Dhabi.
Bollywood competition winners premiere disappointment
Several people who won a chance to meet Bollywood stars say the meeting didn't go as they had planned.
Bollywood world premiere in Abu Dhabi marred by scrum
Fans pushed and shoved by bouncers as more than 1,000 turn out to see stars.
Bollywood stars in capital for premiere
Katrina Kaif among the stars due to take to the red carpet ahead of the screening tonight at Marina Mall.
