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Dubai-based expat Sachi Ediriweera recently launched Lionborn, a Sri Lanka-based graphic novel Dubai-based Sri Lankan expat Sachi Ediriweera launched a Sri Lankan graphic novel earlier this month at the Lanka Comic Con. Titled Lionborn, the graphic novel adapts an historical Sri Lankan legend with few creative liberties. The story can be described as a detective…

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Katia Nounou, head of auction house Sotheby’s Dubai, explains basic steps every beginner collector needs to take For those of us who have never collected, it can be quite tricky to start. Where do you begin? What do you collect? And why are you collecting? While some assume collecting is more of an investment than…

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Zarah Hussain’s digital Numina installation at The Barbican. Courtesy Max Colson If all goes well, September 1 will be a day that gives Zarah Hussain reason to celebrate. An artist whose work combines the traditions of Islamic geometrical design with the very latest digital technology, Hussain discovered at the end of July that one of…

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The Campus Art Dubai 5.0 reading group in discussion at the Project Space Art Jameel at Alserkal Avenue. Courtesy Art Jameel Now entering its sixth edition, the Dubai-based seminar offers creatives the opportunity to think about the UAE in a more critical way For a modest one-room event held in what was essentially off-season, Saturday’s opening of the Campus…

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