From hologram concerts to comedy events and a Salman Khan blockbuster, Eid gets festive
1 of 11 Abdel Halim Hafez hologram concert: If you missed the hologram concert featuring Umm Kulthum, then here’s your chance to make things right. Dubai Opera will be hosting the first hologram event of the late celebrated Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez. The event, which will be staged on May 13 and 14 in time for Eid, promises to be a speculator 90-minute show that will feature some of the singer’s most popular songs. Hailed as one of the greatest Egyptian musicians, along with Umm Kulthum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Mohamed Fawzi and Shadia, Hafez was a prolific singer and actor whose music and films were adored by fans across the region and beyond. Audiences at the hologram event will be able to watch Hafez on stage, 43 years after his passing, thanks to the use of hologram technology and artificial intelligence to create a high-resolution 3D model that matches the artist�
Revealed: 10 things to do this upcoming Eid break in the UAE
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Revealed: 10 things to do this upcoming Eid break in the UAE
This coming Eid break, take some time to explore all that the UAE has to offer with your friends and family
by Iman Hussain
1. Visit a Ramadan night market
Until Friday, May 14, you can visit Dragon Mart in Dubai for a Ramadan market experience. From clothes and home décor to food stalls, you can spend your time in this transformed car park and shop extensively. Other Eid night markets include Dar al Hai souq in the Mall of the Emirates, which is open until May 15.
Long Read: Laughter, the best medicine?
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‘Laughing brings up the oxygen levels’
Earlier this month, British actress Helen McCrory passed away at 52. Cancer (not Covid) got to her. Sometime later, her devastated husband (actor) Damian Lewis penned a tribute to her in The Sunday Times; he started out with, “As I sit down to write this, I can hear Helen shouting from the bed, ‘Keep it short, Damian, it’s not about you’.” As he went on to add how she’d been “utterly heroic in her illness”, the first attribute he accorded her was “funny”, before listing out “generous, brave, uncomplaining, constantly reminding us all of how lucky we’ve been, how blessed we are”. “[She] Made them [everyone around her] laugh, always. There were few funnier people she was funny as hell.” Cancer ravaged her, but her funny bones didn’t creak: she had her sense of humour intact till the very end. “Only a couple of weeks ago she said to us [Damian and the
Major laughs are set to return to the city as Dubai Comedy Festival announces a 10-day extravaganza featuring multilingual stand-up comedy sets, variety shows and more from May 13-22.
The event, which will take place across the city, is presented by Dubai Calendar and produced by BRAG, Live Nation and DXB Live.
Last year’s festival held in October saw sell-out shows set amid a COVID-19 safe environment, with global talents including Gad Elmaleh, Michelle Wolf, Mo Amer, Ali Al Sayed, Nemr, Vir Das, Gaurav Kapoor and Mina Liccione in attendance.
This year’s line-up is yet to be announced, but organisers have promised a “bigger, better, and funnier” festival with new elements to look forward to.
Dubai: A series of virtual forums was launched by Dubai Health Authority (DHA) this week, in line with the UAE’s Innovation Month (UAE Innovates 2021).
Awadh Al Ketbi, the DHA Director-General, emphasised on the importance of fostering and promoting a culture of innovation, particularly in the health sector. He added: “Leveraging focus on research, new technologies, innovation and data analytics has a huge potential to advance health care to benefit both health-care providers and patients.”
He noted the DHA will continue to focus on health-care innovation to further advance the health sector and provide patient-centred care. Senior DHA officials, including Dr Alawi Alsheikh Ali, Deputy Director-General, and Dr Mohammed Al Redha, Director of Project Management Office, Informatics and Smart Health, attended the virtual forum.