Pertaining its legacy as a unique cultural landmark, the award-winning palace, Qasr Al Watan, is hosting the ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ exhibition in collaboration with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) and Culture Planning & Development Department. Recently launched with an opening ceremony, the exhibition will be open to the public until January 06.

Split into seven zones and showcasing valuable manuscripts in the fields of literature, heritage, religion, music, philosophy, and science, the exhibition will take visitors on a historical journey that deliberates the influence of Arab culture on Europe, highlighting the role of Arab civilisation in generating religious dialogue and contributing knowledge that paved the way for the European Renaissance.

At the heart of House of Knowledge, visitors will find themselves in an immersive gallery panel covering the Golden Age of Islamic Civilization and Two regions that are at the heart of medieval Europe -Al-Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula and Sicily in southern Italy. As visitors get through the different zones they will be exposed to ‘The Evolution of Vernacular Arabic in Europe, Andalusian Calligraphy, Arabic Calligraphy in Sicilian Art, Bridge between Greek Knowledge and the Islamic World’ and many more monumental topics.

Before visitors conclude their visit, they can head to the Palace’s Library to explore a collection of more than 50,000 books about the UAE’s history and politics along with topics such as history, architecture, biology and ethnography.

In line with Bahrain cloud first policy, Gulf Air has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading cloud services provider, to deliver a resilient infrastructure to handle the transition of the core IT systems from the airline’s headquarters to the AWS cloud solution which will be used in the unlikely case of emergencies and operational disruptions.  

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, has announced it is reintroducing four of its Airbus A380s from the summer of 2023.

A new survey conducted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Kuwait has spotlighted the influence a company’s sustainability efforts can have on consumers’ behaviour and choice of brands.

Robust investment flows to the UAE are expected in the coming years on the back of the country’s consistent strong economic performance, steady growth and ambitious development plans in the next 50 years, Al Tamimi Investments, one of Dubai’s leading venture capital firms, projected recently.  

Jazeera Airways continues its expansion in the Middle East, Asia and Europe and recently announced a new direct service from Kuwait to the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, opening a new route that connects pilgrims to Saudi Arabia as well as offers a new travel destination for nature and adventurous culture seekers.

Alef Group, a leading real estate developer in Sharjah, has launched Darb 3 in Al Mamsha Raseel (Zone 3), following record sales achieved with Al Mamsha Raseel - Darb 1 development project, to be delivered on time in the last quarter of 2024.

Jazeera Airways launched its second service to Kazakhstan, flying to the city of Turkistan in the south of the country twice weekly and connecting pilgrims and tourists for the first time with direct flights between the Middle East and the country.

FITUR, the International Tourism Trade Fair, organised by IFEMA MADRID, which is holding its next edition from January 18-22, 2023, is launching the new monographic section FITUR Sports, which will deal with one of the fastest growing tourism products worldwide: sports tourism in all its facets.

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, and World Energy, a carbon-net-zero solutions provider,  recently announced the signing of a historical memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a long-term strategic partnership to decarbonize flights through in-sector emissions reductions. Etihad is the first commercial airline to participate in World Energy’s recently launched service for airline and corporate climate leaders taking real action to achieve net-zero goals.