ABU DHABI / AD MEDIA OFFICE The eighth edition of MOTN Festival wrapped up its largest season, with more than 259,000 visitors attending across Al Dhafra, Al Ain, and Abu Dhabi Corniche from November 28 to December 31 2024. This year’s MOTN Festival, held under the theme Out of This World, featured various rides, engaging entertainment, diverse culinary cuisines and …

ABU DHABI / WAM The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed the longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2025 prize. The longlist has been chosen from a total of 124 submissions by a panel of five judges chaired by Egyptian academic Mona Baker. Joining her on the panel are Moroccan academic and critic Said Bengrad, Emirati …

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Consultative Council is set to convene its seventh session on Thursday. The session, part of the council’s activities for the second ordinary session of the eleventh legislative term, will be held at its headquarters in Sharjah under the chairmanship of Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, the council’s Chairman. Following the ratification of the minutes from …