Emiratis gather at the Marine area during the Qasr al Hosn Festival and demonstrate the traditional practise of Al Gargour (Fish Trap) making…i missed the opening last Thursday but heard it was awesome. There are loads of art and cultural events in UAE at the moment that are so cool.
Category: Entertainment – Art, Culture, theatre, film
Verdi’s Rigoletto comes to Meydan IMAX
Little diva, NJD and I are thriving on the screen culture scene thanks to all the awesome stuff coming to the Meydan IMAX Theatre – tomorrow night they will the exclusive Metropolitan Opera program from New York, which is gaining momentum in the Dubai art and culture scene. Verdi’s Rigoletto, will take place on March 4th at…
Opera Recital – Arias and songs
It’s the season for Opera….after a tryst I had with little diva a couple of weeks ago at IMAX Meydan (which Tash enjoyed heaps), now Art Sawa is, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility program, hosting another live Opera recital performed by Clare and David Lesser. The programme includes highlights from some of the…
7 new Gulf short films to get noticed
After watching heaps of romantic comedies, I have now expanded my genres into short films and documentaries thanks to the inspiration from local film makers and DIFF. The great news is that Enjaaz, the post-production support programme, and Image Nation Abu Dhabi have announced a collaboration that will see them joining forces to further support…
Celebrate Prophet Mohammad’s birthday with ‘Journey to Mecca’ at Meydan IMAX
After seeing ‘Journey to Mecca’ 4 times…. first in Kuwait, San Francisco, Singapore and in UAE, I am once again ready to view this amazing movie at Meydan IMAX this weekend….the timing is perfect as we have a long weekend and the subject so relates to what most people will be celebrating as they mull…
George Classen impresses little diva at Burj Al Arab
Last Thursday I took little diva NJD to the Burj Al Arab to go through the world’s largest atlas plus get up, close and personal with the Aston Martin which is creating raves around the globe at the moment and to meet with Kurt, who promotes amazing art in UAE through the initiative, Swiss Art…
MEYDAN IMAX THEATRE PREMIERES DONIZETTI’S MARIA STUARDA
Despite being known as a go with the flow laid back Islander who schedules her life on the hop, I am doing the unthinkable and making sure my entertainment schedule is booked and planned week’s ahead, thanks to the amazing line-up of shows being brought to UAE by the Meydan IMAX. In case you didn’t know, the Meydan IMAX Theatre…
World premiere to composition inspired by the Porsche 911 GT1 car
Cars and music….two things together that mean that I am usually not too far away or at least get a wind of…:). A new composition inspired by the famous Porsche 911 GT1 racing car was given its world premiere by the uncrowned kings of classical saxophone music in Dubai – I wasn’t there which means the event didn’t exactly have the diva touch…
DUBAI FILM CONNECTION AWARDS OVER USD100,000 FOR PROJECTS FROM ARAB WORLD
It’s been an exhilarating weekend at DIFF 2012 ….full of amazing movies, boat rides that are more awesome than Venice, red carpet moments, indulging little diva with cast and directors of children’s films from abroad, meeting fellow script editors, catching up with media friends….and more. The weather in Dubai is absolutely amazing so being out…
When Monaliza Smiled – DIFF impresses diva
One of the nicest movies I have seen this month is in fact part of DIFF 2012 in Arabic, ‘When Monaliza Smiled’. This Arabic movie (with subtitles of course) is a love story between Monaliza, a young Jordanian woman, and Hamdi, an Egyptian office boy with the cutest smile J. The story is touching as its…
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