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.

Sharjah, named the cultural capital of the Arab world, is a city where heritage refuses to stay behind glass. It moves through its streets, slips through its souqs, and settles into the qahwa offered before you’ve thought to ask.

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.

In Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake, a schoolgirl’s search for cake ingredients in 1990s Iraq opens a window onto a world where beauty ripples across the water, and fear sits close to everyday life.

Wandering through the Al Hosn Festival, you move between music and dance, handicrafts and camels, traditional food stalls and a lively souk, as the fort’s ancient walls recount the city’s stories after nightfall.

For a limited time, art takes over Al Jazeera Al Hamra, a historic pearling village poised on the edge of Emirati memory.

Founded in 1969, Al Ain Museum remains the oldest museum in the United Arab Emirates, predating the nation itself.

Milo Rau’s Antigone in the Amazon is a wake-up call, spotlighting the stage as a beacon for truth and theatre as a powerful force of resistance.

Just a stone’s throw from the heart of Vancouver lies Fort Langley, a historic trading post known as the “Birthplace of British Columbia” — a place that predates Canada itself.

Inspired by a historic event in colonial Taiwan, The Loser of Legend is an epic of common people who, though labeled as the defeated by history, still have their stories waiting to be told.