To wander is to notice what others have grown too familiar to see. In Observers of Change, it is the artists and creatives who are perhaps the most discerning observers of all, chronicling a nation’s transformation through their art and eye.

Wandering through Expo City Dubai, I didn’t expect to find Interwoven, an exhibition that explores the threads of connection through the lens of contemporary art.

Before Dubai had a skyline, it had a creek. Follow it far enough, and you’ll discover how a fishing and pearling village became the world’s most dazzling city.

At Ishara Art Foundation in Dubai, Urdu Worlds draws you into the worlds of Zarina and Ali Kazim, where the Urdu language becomes a wellspring of memory, imagination, and art, and you find yourself wonderfully lost.

Somewhere between outer space and a sound bath, between a library of endangered species and a perfume made from your personality, the Museum of the Future asks one simple question: what kind of future are you building?

Every city has a version of itself that doesn’t make the highlight reel. In Dubai, that version is shaped by art, culture, and a heritage far older than its highrises.

When the curtain rises for Tamerlano at Dubai Opera, Uzbekistan suddenly feels closer than a place on the map — history, power, and art come together onstage, inviting us into an image of Uzbekistan now taking shape.

The UAE National Orchestra’s debut concert invites you to travel through sound, where Emirati heritage meets classical and contemporary traditions and begins to shape a voice of its own.

Dubai’s Art Season opens with Sikka Art & Design Festival, as art and culture breathe creativity and innovation into the historic quarter of Al Shindagha.

Led by maestro Mohamed Alghoom, the Yemenis Orchestra takes audiences on a musical journey across Yemen, where centuries-old melodies meet the traditions of the Emirates.