In a fast paced city like Dubai, it can be hard to keep up with all the city’s happenings. Which is why we’re bringing you the week in review: a short, digestible overview of the weeks biggest news announcements, trending stories and top happenings.
Whether it’s Salt Bae teasing of his new burger bar to a speed limit increase on a key Dubai road, here are the five top stories from Dubai this week.
The speed limit has been raised from 90 to 100 km/hour in the sector between Dubai-Al Ain Road and Al Yalayes Road of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street. The road, which runs between Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road, links new desert communities with urban neighbourhoods Silicon Oasis, Dubai Studio City and Academic City.
Dubai authorities have confirmed there’s going to be a dry night in Dubai at the start of April. A circular issued to hotels and restaurants across the city, the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) advised that licensed venues must refrain from serving alcohol as of 6pm on Tuesday April 2 until 7pm on Wednesday April 3.
But does this mean a public holiday? It doesn’t look likely. Until this year, on the occasion of Isra and Mi’raj, observed on the 27th day of Rajab, UAE residents were typically given a day off. However, earlier this year the UAE government confirmed that the public and private sectors would receive the same amount of public holidays for the first time ever.
Dubai developer Emaar has announced that Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard in Downtown Dubai will soon be home to its own walk of fame-style attraction. ‘Dubai Stars’ will launch in October with 400 of the proposed 10,000 stars being unveiled.
So, who’ll be on the star-studded walk? Well, the first 400 celebrities will be decided by you, as Emaar plans to launch a global social campaign asking people from all over the world to nominate their favourite celebrities and influencers.
The attraction will feature four times as many stars as the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and aims to attract tourists from around the world to search for their favourite personality among the stars.
The UAE has been ranked as the safest country in the world according to an announcement made by officials on Sunday, March 17. The results of a recent survey detailed that an impressive, 96.1% of UAE residents said they felt safe enough to walk outdoors at night. Singapore came in second with 94 per cent of people feeling safe and secure.
Great for food lovers, art fans and shopaholics, Kulture House Dubai is the new concept store on the block. The brand new multi space cafe and store housed inside a Jumeirah villa (right next to concept store stalwart Comptoir 102) and is currently in its soft launch phase.
The cafe takes up a large portion of Kulture House space with a mix match of rattan chairs, colourful poofs and stools, with a few comfy booths and a long communal table with majlis style cushions. It’s bright and inviting with a Marrakech rooftop dining feel.
If you can’t bag a reservation at Salt Bae’s Jumeirah restaurant, it looks like you’ll soon be able to get your hands on a Salt Bae burger, appears to be coming soon to DIFC. After posting a series of stories signing the contract alongside DIFC officials. Salt Bae, real name Nusret Gökçe, then headed out to the centre of Gate Village, sharing further snaps to say that the new restaurant would be open ‘after three months’. So it doesn’t seem like Salt Bae fans will have long to wait to get their hands on his salt-sprinkled burgers.
Downtown Dubai will become home to one of the world’s highest infinity pools with the opening of a new hotel next year.
The 5-star, SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences will be one of the tallest hotels in the city when it opens in the third quarter of 2020, and will boast 254 expertly designed hotel rooms, 371 residential units, 321 hotel apartments.But the jewel in this hotels crown will be two stunning rooftop infinity pools boasting 360-degree views of Dubai, where guests will be able to take a dip and soak up the city from an eye-watering 75 storeys high. Now that would make for a seriously good sunset swim snap.
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The Dhamani Group is excited to announce the official opening of the flagship boutique of ’Dusoul,’ a fine jewelry brand within its portfolio aimed at the aspirational and inspirational millennial generation, at City Centre Mirdif. [Wired by: DubaiCityGuide.com - A Cyber Gear Company]
If you’ve been dreaming of making your home that bit more plush without having to renegotiate your rent checks, Home Centre has the answer.
For those that like a little luxury, A Velvet Touch is the collection your pad is in need of. The collection features an affordable array of velvet upholstered furniture and accessories in rich jewel tones sure to add a regal touch to any flat or villa looking for a little opulence.
Designed with those that like plush, comfortable living spaces in mind, sleek ottomans start from Dhs319, while fancy velvet dining chairs start from Dhs549. For something a little more wallet-friendly, the collection also features throws and cushions in the bold velvety fabrics starting from Dhs29.
The velvet trend is gaining mainstream popularity around the world, especially for adding that regal feel to your home, so it’s an essential update if you like to keep up with your interior trends.
Easy to maintain and stain-resistant, it’s a luxe and practical fabric that will subtly add that higher-end feel to your home.
While mostly, the collection is designed in deep colours of dark purple, teal and deep jewel tones of burgundy, there are also elements of soft pastel velvets in the accessories part of the collection for those who prefer a less dramatic look.
Home Centre, across the UAE. homecentre.com
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The Dubai clubbing scene is thriving right now, with big names coming to town every weekend, it’s hard to keep up. This weekend will see Glitterbox Ibiza come to Soho Garden and Art Dubai will host their after-party.
Here are seven big nights to check out this weekend.
COYA Dubai’s Equinox party is back and promises to bring high-tech laser shows, special effects, and out of the box decorations for a memorable celebration. Guests are encouraged to dress yo in their most elaborate outfits. The evening will include COYA’s well-loved authentic Peruvian food and drinks as well as the resident DJ and surprise performers.
COYA Dubai, Four Seasons Resort, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, 8.30pm onwards, Wednesday March 20. Tel: (04) 316 9600. coyarestaurant.com
On Thursday March 21, White will host Jimmy’z Monte Carlo featuring Ne-Yo for a one-off complimentary concert from 11pm to 4am, with complimentary drinks for ladies until midnight. If you can’t make it on Thursday, head to Drai’s on Friday March 22 for your second chance to see the Beautiful Monster hit-maker perform.
Jimmy’z Monte Carlo feat Ne-Yo at White Dubai, Meydan, 11pm to 4am, Thursday March 21, free. Tel: (050) 443 0933. whitedubai.com
After a huge opening weekend bash, it’s going to be tough for Sky 2.0 to top itself. This Thursday will see the official launch of their weekly event Signature Thursdays. Expect opulent extravagance with unique live entertainment, impressive theatrics, stunning light show and expertly mixed music.
Sky2.0, Dubai Design District, Dubai, 9pm to 4am, Thursdays. Tel: (058) 633 3633. skydubai.com
South African afro-house DJ Black Coffee will perform, promising to ignite the dance floor for clubbers and grant free drinks for ladies all night. Black Coffee’s career began in the early 2000s, however it’s over the last three years that the award-winning DJ has risen to such meteoric fame. He has produced with Drake, Diddy, Usher and Akon, but most recently dropped single ‘Drive’ alongside David Guetta.
LYFE presents Black Coffee at Base Dubai, Thursday March 21, 10pm to 4am, free entry. Tel: (055) 313 4999. basedubai.com
It’s difficult to come across an electronic music fan that doesn’t love Chase & Status. They’ve had a plethora of hits over the last 15 years, including collaborations with Rhianna, Tinie Tempah, Plan B, Sub Focus and Example. Entrance is free from 5pm and free for ladies the whole night while tickets are Dhs100 for guys after 9pm.
Ritual presents Chase & Status, Zero Gravity, Sky Dive Dubai, 5pm to 3am, Friday March 22, free entry 5pm to 9pm, free for ladies all night, Dhs100 after 9pm, Dhs75 advance tickets from Platinum List. Tel: (04) 399 0009. 0-gravity.ae
Art Dubai After Dark is a unique music programme, located on Fort Island, in the heart of Madinat Jumeirah from March 19 to 22. This Friday, HRMNY will be hosting their pop-up party, WVY, focused on hip-hop and RnB’s latest music. Register for free tickets online.
Art Dubai After Dark, Fort Island, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, 9pm to 2am, March 22, free. artdubai.ae
Glitterbox is one of Ibiza’s most famous – and flamboyant – parties, and it’s set to make its way to Dubai for the first time ever next month. As part of Glitterbox’s international ‘Work Your Body Tour’ in 2019, the event will head to Soho Garden for one night only on Friday March 22. The impressive international line-up features some top disco talent and house heroes Purple Disco Machine, Melvo Baptiste and Shapeshifters will all headline at the event.
Glitterbox at Soho Garden, Meydan, Dubai, 8pm to 4am, Friday March 22. Tel: (052) 388 8849. sohogardendxb.com
New nightclub Mantis is launching it’s first club night ‘No Limits’. You can expect a mix of musical genres from hip-hop, commercial, old school, Latin and afrobeats. Mantis’ kitchen will be offering Asian and South American-inspired as well as classic European dishes including sushi, sashimi and fresh oysters.
Mantis, Emirates Financial Towers, DIFC, Dubai, 9pm to late, Friday. Tel: (800) 626847. mantis-club.com
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Across the Gulf region, states are vying to build ever grander museums and towers from the world’s most famous architects. But this display of soft power masks deeper ethical concerns
On the Doha corniche, on the route into the city from its airport, a monumental pile of fibre-cement discs is nearing completion. It is the new National Museum of Qatar, where the country’s “cultural heritage, diverse history and modern developments” are to be displayed. It will, says its silver-tongued Parisian architect Jean Nouvel, “symbolise the mysteries of the desert’s concretions and crystallisations, suggesting the interlocking pattern of the blade-like petals of the desert rose”. It does indeed look like the clusters of sandy crystals that go by that name.
This is the same Jean Nouvel whose outpost of the Louvre opened last year in Abu Dhabi, which for now is one of Qatar’s enemies. He also designed the 238-metre Burj Doha, completed in 2012, which is from the same genre of anatomically suggestive towers as his Torre Glòries in Barcelona and Norman Foster’s Gherkin in London. The burj is the most memorable building in an instant downtown called West Bay, an extravagantly variegated constellation of vertical glass of a type now familiar from China to the Gulf to the US to London.
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Ellie Holman, a dentist originally from Sweden who lives in Sevenoaks, Kent, with her husband and three children, had been facing a year in detention while awaiting a court hearing after she was arrested on 13 July having drunk one glass of wine on her eight-hour Emirates flight to Dubai.
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It is impossible to know whether this post at Al-Emirati.com on the victims of the recent Air India disaster is intended to be some appalling attempt at humour or satire, but by every single measure it is absolutely beyond the pale:
Not really. Not only do I not care if the victims "rest in peace" but it seems to me that they are, rather, resting in pieces!
I am of course talking about flight IX 812 from Dubai to Balglapour (or some other hell hole, they're all the same) that recently crashed (click here)
I know I know. Mean, blah blah. The way I see it is as follows. The UAE is (about) 50% Indians, Something that I, and 90% of all other Emaratis see as a bad thing.
This plane, carrying Indians who live and work here, means that 160 indians that clog up the roads, cause accidents, fail code inspections at Indian restaurants, speak like this guy, and are a general drag on the security of the UAE, wont be coming back. That is a very GOOD thing!
I can only pray that this happens every week!
Sadly, we'll probably have 160 new VISAs for 160 new Indians issued in 3 hours... And the authority in charge of this will flaunt that, as if it's a good thing.
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Salt Bae’s Dubai restaurant Nusr-et in Jumeirah Four Seasons packs out every night with meat-lovers eager to get a glimpse of the salt-sprinkling chef at work.
But if you can’t manage to bag a reservation at his Jumeirah restaurant, it looks like you’ll soon be able to get your hands on a Salt Bae burger, which looks like it might be coming soon to DIFC.
Taking to Instagram, the Turkish-born chef shared a series of Instagram stories with his 20 million followers appearing to sign the lease on a brand new restaurant.
“Saltbae burger will be opening soon in DIFC Dubai. Signatures are done” he wrote on the first post.
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After posting a series of stories signing the contract alongside DIFC officials. Salt Bae, real name Nusret Gökçe, then headed out to the centre of Gate Village, sharing further snaps to say that the new restaurant would be open ‘after three months’. So it doesn’t seem like Salt Bae fans will have long to wait to get their hands on his salt-sprinkled burgers.
He finished the string of posts by thanking the DIFC team, and the hashtag #saltbae burger.
So, will Salt Bae call his burger joint #saltbae burger? Where in DIFC will the restaurant open? And, will it attract as many celebrities as his Four Seasons restaurant?
Nusr-et Dubai has been frequented by stars including Paul Pogba, Rio Ferdinand, DJ Snake and Leonardo DiCaprio and even Vice President of the UAE and Dubai ruler HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been seen dining at the famous hotspot.
Only time will tell, but we can’t wait to hear more.
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The Founding Fathers Exhibition at the Etihad Museum is a treasure trove of iconic moments through the lives of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum and it’s open now.
Ramesh Shukla is the photographer behind these iconic images, and this exhibition is a celebration of his finest photography works.
The photographer has captured everything from daily life to momentous occasions in the UAE, and as you progress through the exhibition, not only will you notice the growth of the nation from the seven desert sheikhdoms to the country it is today, but also the evolution of Ramesh as a photographer.
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The Founding Father’s Exhibition explores the process of traditional photography, while showing an effusive display of rare and significant historic moments in the UAE, a country founded by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Celebrating the story of the UAE through one man’s lens, Ramesh Shukla’s presentation takes you on a historic journey, detailing the art of photography through large-scale prints, video and a display of his collection of original photography equipment and film negatives.
His most notable photograph is of the UAE rulers standing in front of the UAE flag after having signed the Federation Agreement in 1971.
It was this photo that would be the inspiration for the symbol of the ‘Spirit of the Union’ which is now celebrated across the country. Describing his destiny and his presence in the UAE as being in ‘the right place at the right time’, this was just one of the moments that was captured through the lens of Ramesh Shukla.
You can also find Shukla’s photos in numerous prominent venues across the UAE, including in governmental offices and Dubai’s metro stations.
The exhibition also marks the launch of the photographer’s new book published by Motivate Media Group, titled The United Arab Emirates: Founding Fathers – Zayed and Rashid.
The book pays homage to the UAE’s founding fathers with photographs of exceptional moments in history – a lovely souvenir you can take home with you and a perfect coffee-table book.
The exhibition is open until April 7, 2019 and is open to the general public. Tickets cost Dhs25 for adults, Dhs10 for children under 25 and under 5s enter free.
Etihad Museum, Union House, 2nd December Street, Jumeira 1, 10am to 8pm daily, Dhs25 adults, Dhs10 students under 25, under 5s free. Tel: (04) 515 5771 etihadmuseum.dubaiculture.gov.ae
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