• A fishmonger shows off a prize lobster at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai, which experienced bumper sales during Eid Al Fitr. All pictures by Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A fishmonger shows off a prize lobster at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai, which experienced bumper sales during Eid Al Fitr. All pictures by Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Seafood for sale at Deira Waterfront Market, Dubai, during Eid Al Fitr
    Seafood for sale at Deira Waterfront Market, Dubai, during Eid Al Fitr
  • Busy seafood stall workers at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
    Busy seafood stall workers at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
  • The catch of the day at Deira Waterfront Market, Dubai
    The catch of the day at Deira Waterfront Market, Dubai
  • Fish on sale during Eid Al Fitr, a busy time for stallholders at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
    Fish on sale during Eid Al Fitr, a busy time for stallholders at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
  • A shopper buys vegetables at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
    A shopper buys vegetables at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
  • Fruit and vegetable stalls at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
    Fruit and vegetable stalls at Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai
  • A butcher's stall at Deira Waterfront Market, Dubai
    A butcher's stall at Deira Waterfront Market, Dubai
  • Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai was packed with shoppers during Eid Al Fitr
    Deira Waterfront Market in Dubai was packed with shoppers during Eid Al Fitr

Deira Waterfront Market enjoys bumper Eid sales – in pictures


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From: Upper Egypt

Age: 78

Family: a daughter in Egypt; a son in Dubai and his wife, Nabila

Favourite Abu Dhabi activity: walking near to Emirates Palace

Favourite building in Abu Dhabi: Emirates Palace

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Countdown to Zero exhibition will show how disease can be beaten

Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, an international multimedia exhibition created by the American Museum of National History in collaboration with The Carter Center, will open in Abu Dhabi a  month before Reaching the Last Mile.

Opening on October 15 and running until November 15, the free exhibition opens at The Galleria mall on Al Maryah Island, and has already been seen at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.