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Alexandra Chaves

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ARTS AND CULTURE

'A gift to the American people': artist sends 20 tonnes of garbage from Afghanistan to US

The first Diriyah Biennale marks Saudi Arabia as significant player in contemporary art

Teacher's project offers glimpse of school life in the UAE before unification

How the watermelon became a symbol of Palestinian resistance

Jitish Kallat bends time and space in solo Dubai show 'Order of Magnitude'

How artist and filmmaker Amar Kanwar presents new ways of understanding justice

'Nepenthe Valley': how artist Lawrence Lek built a virtual world of healing

The art of the unpainted canvas: Fahd Burki's journey to abstraction

A masterclass in manipulating light is on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi

Fire damages Manila’s oldest artist-run space, leaving its future uncertain

SWALIF: new UAE publishing house wants to further critique in the Gulf

UAE artist collective puts Philippine art in the spotlight: 'By Filipinos, for Filipinos'

Seeing Palestine through the lens of science fiction

Louvre Abu Dhabi undertakes first artwork restoration on-site

In times of crisis, we still need to turn to the arts

'I consider myself a protester photographer': capturing the Middle East's latest rebellions

The many faces of Alaa Edris: inside the Emirati artist's first solo exhibition in Dubai

'We are all Edward Hopper paintings now': why the art of loneliness can be comforting in times like these

Palestine, Today: A new virtual map allows visitors to discover the legacy of the Nakba

Photographer Debi Cornwall captures the quiet horrors of Guantanamo Bay

Tweets and threads: the anti-Trump embroidery movement

Nicolas Jaar on his experimental performance at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial

13 insightful photos of early 1900s Palestine from the Akkasah archive

The photojournalist capturing Pakistan’s religious diversity

HUMAN INTEREST

World Falconry Day: Meet the 7-year-old Emirati falconer transforming the 4,000-year-old tradition

Memories of Mina Zayed: Abu Dhabi fishermen bid farewell to life as they knew it in stirring photo series

Hiding in plain sight: the faces of modern-day slavery

How sailors from Norway made waves in the UAE

The stories of young Israelis refusing to serve in the military

Cinema Park: Filmmakers mourn as 70-year-old Afghan cinema is demolished

Fight like a woman: For women in boxing, the benefits go beyond the ring

Shopping bag chic: Dubai woman's quarantine project turns into business

Arish: the palm leaf's role in the past and future of sustainable architecture in the UAE

The lives of elderly expats in the UAE

Syrian photographer Anas Alkharboutli sheds light on daily life in war-torn country

From 1999 to 2020: how the emoji became part of our visual culture

Multimedia

In fighting ISIS, the Philippines gets tangled in US-China tensions

Living Under The Net

‘It’s a big family’: Salseros of the UAE

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