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UAE

Time-honoured tradition. Emirati Abdullah al-Suwaidi demonstrates how his ancestors would pick up oysters off the seabed, at the Suwaidi’s pearl farm, off the coast of al-Rams in the northern emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. (AFP)

On Emirates’ glittering coast, pearl trade lives on

UAE

Diversity in art. “Sa’af” installation by Shahad Alazaz in collaboration with local craftspeople from the Eastern Provinces of Saudi Ara (Courtesy Dubai Design Week 2019)

Dubai Design Week offers region its largest creative festival

UAE

Emirati women walk past an illustration depicting an astronaut with the national flag outside Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. (AFP)

Meet the Emirati women with cosmic ambitions

UAE

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz hold agreement documents after a signing ceremony at Qasr Al Watan Palace in Abu Dhabi, November 27. (SPA)

Riyadh, Abu Dhabi see eye to eye on regional challenges

Maharashtra

General view of Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. (Reuters)

Saudi, UAE discuss $70B crude refinery project in India

Space Station

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, receiving Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansouri at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, October 12, 2019. (AFP)

UAE eyes new frontiers with law to regulate space tourism, mining

UAE

A helping hand to de-esclate tensions. Emirati Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting in Washington, November 22. (AP)

Iran’s threats top UAE-US talks in Washington

Etihad

An Airbus 330 performs air display during the second day of Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 18, 2019. (Reuters)

Airbus receives $30B in new plane orders at Dubai Airshow

Etihad

Etihad COO Mohammad Al-Bulooki, Etihad CEO Tony Douglas, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president, CEO Stanley A. Deal pose for a photo in front of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner model during the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, UAE, November 18, 2019. (Reuters)

Etihad launches more fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner