Stargazing in the heart of the Gharameel Desert, I find myself connected to a distant past, shaped by generations of travellers whose imaginative tales remain scattered across the sands.

Somewhere in the desert of northwestern Saudi Arabia lies AlUla, a place where two thousand years of secrets are kept, and the stones do the storytelling.

Step into AlUla’s Old Town, where its winding alleys and sunbaked walls still hum with the footsteps of caravan traders, pilgrims, and settlers who once crossed path at this desert oasis.

A carriage driver spent decades waiting to marry the woman he loved, yet the film telling this story vanished for 50 years before returning to the screen.

The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting breathes new life into a 12th-century masterpiece, reimagining its landscapes, colours, and stories through dance.

Wandering through Zhang Daqian’s final home, you’ll find stopped clocks, a photograph with Picasso, and a garden where the master himself is laid to rest.

Beneath Sharjah’s golden dome lies a constellation of wonders that opens onto the vast universe of the Islamic world.

Arabic calligraphy took an unexpected turn in China, where millennia-old traditions of ink and brush gave it an entirely new face, and the Chinese brush began to speak Arabic.

Most visitors to Dubai never make it to the end of the Red Line, but those who do find something the city doesn’t advertise: the remains of a world’s fair where three pavilions still stand to make their case for the future.

From a pearl pulled from the seabed 8,000 years ago to a necklace that once graced the neck of the Arab world’s greatest singer, the Zayed National Museum traces the stories of this land, its people, and their connections with the wider world.