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William Mullally

William Mullally

Arts & Culture Editor
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William Mullally is Arts & Culture Editor at The National. An award-winning culture writer, he’s lived in the UAE since 2009 and chronicled the rise of the region’s diverse creative scenes. He’s served as Dubai Eye 103.8’s film critic since 2013, and has contributed to Arab News, ET Bil Arabi, The Insider Arabia, GQ Middle East, Esquire Middle East, Al Arabiya, Savoir Flair and Harper’s Bazaar Arabia. His long-running celebrity interview series has achieved more than 50 million views across his YouTube and TikTok channels.

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And What Did You Say? by Russian artist Taus Makhacheva at the UAE pavilion at Venice Biennale. Photo: National Pavilion UAE
Art fairs worth travelling to, from Venice and Paris to Seoul and Istanbul

Guide to 10 exhibitions shaping international art calendar in the final months of the year

Art & DesignAugust 17, 2026
Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre play two intergalactic policemen drawn into a murder investigation, in Lanterns. AFP
At 60, Kyle Chandler looked at an ‘ageing-out superhero’ and saw himself

HBO’s Lanterns pairs Chandler and Aaron Pierre as intergalactic policemen who barely get along

Film & TVAugust 16, 2026
new archaeological discovery at Tell Abu Seifi in Qantara East redraws the map of Horus's war route. Photo: MOTA Egypt
Archaeologists may have found Egypt’s lost city of Masn

Sandstone inscription found near Suez Canal adds new evidence to a debate dating back almost 140 years

CultureAugust 16, 2026
From left, John Ross Bowie, Lauren Lapkus, Kevin Sussman and Brian Posehn reprise their Big Bang Theory characters in Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. Photo: HBO Max
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe breaks every Big Bang Theory rule but one

Four episodes in, the creators explain why a show capable of going anywhere still needs something to hold it in place

Film & TVAugust 15, 2026
Jared Harris, left, plays former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, alongside Jeff Daniels, who plays former US president Ronald Reagan. Photo: Angel Studios
What a new film about Reagan and Gorbachev can teach leaders amid the Iran war

Jeff Daniels and Jared Harris explain why dialogue and trust between enemies remain essential to preventing catastrophe

Film & TVAugust 14, 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been a major hit in UAE cinemas, grossing more than $7 million in its first 10 days of release. Photo: Empire Entertainment
Why does it suddenly feel harder to get a cinema ticket in the UAE?

An unusually strong summer at the box office is being driven by changing Gen Z habits, the Nolan effect and a thinner live entertainment calendar

Film & TVAugust 12, 2026
Irthi Museum will be based in Sharjah Creative Quarter. Photo: WAM
New Sharjah museum will be region’s first dedicated to contemporary crafts

Irthi Museum will build a permanent collection at Sharjah Creative Quarter, with a 2029 opening previously announced

Art & DesignAugust 10, 2026
Habibi Hussein tells the story of the projectionist left out of an earlier documentary about the revival of Cinema Jenin in the West Bank. Photo: Odeh Films
Film of the weekThe true hero behind Palestine's Cinema Jenin finally has his story told

Alex Bakri revisits the celebrated restoration project through the eyes of the projectionist whose decades of devotion had been overlooked

Film & TVJuly 31, 2026
Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Photo: Columbia Pictures
Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – Tom Holland makes Marvel feel human again

Franchise machinery is wearing thin, but Peter Parker’s grief gives this sequel an emotional power few superhero films still possess

Film & TVJuly 31, 2026
Nine Palestinians who fled Gaza recount lives reshaped by war in Who Is Still Alive. Photo: First Hand Films
Who Is Still Alive review: Gaza’s unfathomable loss told one story at a time

Nine Palestinians who fled Gaza offer testimony more powerful than the film’s theatrical staging

Film & TVJuly 30, 2026
Abdalla discussed art, activism and support for Palestine at a session at the Amman Film Festival. AFP
Play01:23
Khalid Abdalla: ‘I have gained far more than I have lost’ by backing Palestine

The British-Egyptian actor discusses the need for greater ambition in Arab cinema at the Amman International Film Festival

CultureJuly 29, 2026
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will open in Saadiyat Cultural District on December 11. Photo: Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi
CommentAbu Dhabi’s cultural ambition undiminished by regional turmoil

Guggenheim museum and packed end-of-year calendar show capital’s long-term plans have stayed resilient in challenging times

CultureJuly 29, 2026
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Photo: Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi
Play00:47
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi reveals opening date

Frank Gehry-designed museum will be the largest in the Guggenheim network

CultureJuly 28, 2026
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, front centre, chairman of Jordan's Royal Film Commission, and Princess Rym Ali, president of the Amman International Film Festival, at the opening. Photo: Jordan News Agency
Play02:09
Amman film festival opens with tribute to Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri

Seventh edition features 82 films, Tunisian cinema showcase and new work from across region

Film & TVJuly 27, 2026
Wadi Wurayah national park in Fujairah is replete with waterfalls and rock gorges. Reuters
From Wadi Wurayah to Sidi Bou Said: Six new Unesco World Heritage sites

The 2026 additions span marine reserves, medieval castles and mountain ecosystems

CultureJuly 27, 2026
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