Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s A Backyard Garden is a profoundly human, polyphonic novel set in contemporary Egypt. It weaves together the lives of individuals in the village of Kafr El-Sarai, focusing particularly on the
In 1964, in Paris, the global Egyptian star Omar Sharif was filming his famous movie Doctor Zhivago. He was living at the time with his British actor friend Sir Tom Courtenay in the same apartment. Sharif noticed
Whispers of a Butterfly
In morning light, on petals fair,
A butterfly floats through the air.
With wings of silk and colors bright,
She dances in the golden light.
She flits from bloom to blooming
The Community Campaign to Promote Sustainable Reading, launched by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC) in February to coincide with National Reading Month, has achieved notable success in the first half of the
Ahmed El Tahry, CEO of Mediaverse for Artificial Intelligence, announced that they are currently working on launching the world’s first VOD platform built entirely from scratch with artificial intelligence, offering
Alia Abdulsalam will be the first Emirati woman to compete in the Formula 4 Powerboat World Championship, marking a significant milestone in her upcoming appearances as she strives to achieve new accomplishments in the name
The Fifth Emirates Arabian Horse Global Cup (EAHGC) concluded yesterday evening in the Polish capital, Warsaw.
The event was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President,
Perhaps friendship, like life itself, is fluid. Some people walk with us for a mile, some for decades.
By Abdullah Usman Morai | Sweden
The Unspoken Grief of Fading Friendships
It often begins quietly — a
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has received two international honours for nursing excellence. Four of its acute care units were awarded the PRISM Award by the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, and its Intensive Care Unit
The Games of the Future 2025 is set to bring together the world’s top phygital athletes for six days of competition across 11 disciplines. The event will take place from 18-23 December 2025 at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi.
Wednesday afternoon brought a third-place finish for Sebastián Molano in stage 2 of the Vuelta a Burgos, with Jan Christen following up with a fourth-place finish for UAE Team Emirates-XRG in stage 3 of the Tour de
Sharjah Institute for Heritage, through its Arabian Heritage Centre, has launched the fourth edition of the 2025 Narrator Summer Camp, held under the theme “Travellers’ Tales”, at its headquarters in
Emirates has entered a landmark seven-year partnership with FC Bayern Munchen, 34-time Bundesliga champions and six-time UEFA Champions League titleholders.
The agreement positions Emirates as Platinum Partner of FC
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has launched two new "open" artificial intelligence (AI) models that can be customised and run locally on a laptop, the company said on Tuesday.
Dubbed "gpt-oss-120b" and
The Abu Dhabi Formula 2 Powerboat Team has departed to compete in the third round of the UIM F2 World Championship, set to take place in San Nazzaro, Italy, from 29th to 31st August, with the participation of an elite lineup of international drivers.
The competition will officially begin on Friday with technical scrutineering, followed by the qualifying time trials on Saturday, before culminating
