DUBAI / AFP Canadian-Jordanian designer Rad Hourani creates avant-garde designs with a vision: To break all boundaries, starting with gender. His revolutionary unisex garments were showcased in the Middle East for the first time ever during a show late Friday at Arab Fashion Week in Dubai. In thick pieces of material tied up in different styles, male and female ...

Angers / AFP Dusty and somewhat faded, as befits its onetime use as insulation for horse stables, a priceless piece of medieval artistic heritage, France’s Apocalypse Tapestry, is getting a welcome clean-up. As the French culture ministry says, it’s high time “to see what state this old lady of upwards of 600 years of age is in.” In truth, she ...

Bogota / AFP Spray-paint cans in hand, a generation of street artists is covering Colombia’s run-down walls with rifles that shoot heart-shaped bullets and rainbow-colored pleas for peace. After half a century of conflict, the end of which remains just beyond reach, war and peace have become central themes in Colombia’s graffiti art. On the streets of Bogota, corncobs that ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has highlighted its efforts in developing an intellectual property system that plays a key role in the move to build a sustainable competitive economy in compliance with the set objectives and goals of the UAE Vision 2021. This came during the UAE Ministry of Economy’s delegation’s participation in the ongoing 56th series of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Marine Services “Safeen”, the marine services subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, supporting the operations of the network of ports and harbours across the emirate of Abu Dhabi with a range of maritime and quayside-support services, announced significant milestones reinfo- rcing Abu Dhabi Ports’ continued expansion and latest remarkable results. Three new state-of-the-art tugs, specialising ...

  DUBAI / WAM Being major re-export hubs in their respective regions, Dubai and the Netherlands can open a gateway for business opportunities with the rest of the GCC, Africa, and Asia, as well as become an ideal trading partner for the European markets, according a senior official of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. With access to over ...

  DUBAI / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED524 million worth of shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED595.2mn over the week, DFM said. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED71.2 million as aggregate sell. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 45.4 per cent of the total value of stocks traded during the last five ...

  Seoul / WAM Dubai Holding on Thursday launched the SmartCity concept in Seoul which combines the UAE’s experience in managing smart cities with South Korea’s tremendous technological advancements. The project will cover an area of 51 million sq ft, and will be strategically located between the two metropolitan cities of Seoul and Incheon, close to two international airports. The project ...

  Dubai / WAM A delegation of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) headed by its Managing Director, Jamal bin Huwaireb, recently visited Tokyo to explore avenues of cooperation with key cultural institutions in Japan. bin Huwaireb met Shinjiro Komatsu, Japanese Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and discussed initiatives that Japan has taken to establish a ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways’ treasury team has again been recognised for excellence in airline treasury management, with three accolades at the 2016 Middle East, African and Islamic Aviation Finance 100 Awards presented by Airline Economics in Dubai this week. Following a string of successes in recent months, winning leading awards from organisations in London, Miami and Dubai, Etihad Airways ...