Bollywood and me: a story of love and hate

When I told my friends that I would be coming to NYU Abu Dhabi to study film, a number of them came up with an apparently hilarious reply, “Oh, great, ...

NYUAD Opens Art Gallery

On Nov. 1, the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery opened its doors to the public with the inauguration of On Site, an exhibition that centers on notions of ...

Emirati Feature Kicks Off Abu Dhabi Film Festival

On Oct. 23, Emirates Palace Hotel hosted the kickoff event for the eighth Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Award-winning Emirati director Ali Mostafa opened ...

Leonardo in Abu Dhabi: Louvre Talking Art Series on La Belle Ferronière

On Oct. 15, Manarat Al Saadiyat hosted the first event of the 2014-2015 season of the Louvre Abu Dhabi: Talking Art Series, a program of lectures and ...

The Seventh Art: European Film Screenings

On Sept. 18, the Italian Embassy to the UAE brought Rome to the screens of Abu Dhabi with a showing of director Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande Belleza”, ...

Art thrives: the underground arts scene of Dubai

Exterior. Night. Electronic music resonates through the dimly lit streets of Al Quoz industrial area in Dubai. The heat of the UAE hangs heavy in the ...

The Creatively Subversive: Art and Censorship in the UAE

Most, if not all countries have media censorship laws. Whether they are meant to ensure a standard of respect or to moderate public opinion, these laws ...

Criticism of Guggenheim AD Escalates with Fake Website

Last March, the Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction (G.U.L.F.), a group of activists that has been monitoring the Saadiyat Island developments, launched a ...

Beyond Stereotypes: Being A Woman In Abu Dhabi

“Why on Earth would you move to the Middle East?” was the reaction from my uncle when I told him about my plans for college and my acceptance to NYU ...