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Baybayin practice written on paper beside a purple pen.Art & culture

Baybayin on Mirror — turn Filipino script into a personal design

15 Nov · 17:00 GST

Dubai Chambers’ blue glass headquarters stands behind palm trees beside Baniyas Road at sunset.Shows & events

Dubai’s legislative challenges — join a civic workshop for companies

16 Nov · 9:00 GST

Sunlight reveals a fine network of veins radiating through a bright green taro leaf.Art & culture

Nature & Botanical Drawing — look closely, then sketch a plant

14 Nov · 12:00 GST

Children and adults practise Arabic calligraphy around a table in a Tunis workshop.Art & culture

Ruka’a Calligraphy for Kids — turn Arabic letters into art

14 Nov · 13:00 GST

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Dubai’s legislative challenges — join a civic workshop for companies

Discuss obstacles created by overlapping legal requirements and commercial disputes, and contribute practical recommendations. Dubai Chambers and the Supreme Legislation Committee host this substantial English-language workshop for the business community.

Deira, Dubai
Business-community workshop · numerical age guidance not published
Free professional civic workshop · English · registration required

16 Nov · 9:00 GST

UpcomingChecked 6 Nov
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Aftermarket Central — two days of automotive future talks

Explore how electric vehicles, batteries, circularity and counterfeit parts are changing the automotive aftermarket. This two-day professional conference combines expert presentations, panels and case studies, with continuing professional development certificates for attended sessions.

Expo City Dubai
Ages 18+ · automotive trade professionals only
Free CPD conference · automotive trade professionals aged 18+ · registration required

11 Nov · 11:30 GST

Booking requiredChecked 6 Nov
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Free clinical CME roundtables at Dental ConfEx

Dental professionals can join clinical case discussions and practical learning at Madinat Jumeirah. This two-day programme includes complete 90-minute roundtables on clinical decision-making and accessible dental care, with free exhibition admission.

Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Dental professionals; child participation not established
Dental professionals; free exhibition pass required; limited workshop seats

13 Nov · 9:00 GST

UpcomingChecked 6 Nov
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Art & culture

Sharing the Sensitive — a choreographed majlis about art and society

Join a two-hour dialogue curated by artist Moataz Nasr with Simon Njami, Julie Banâtre and Jenny Mbaye. Speakers take turns guiding the conversation and changing places, making the majlis itself part of a performance about art, resistance, memory and shared experience.

Al Quoz, Dubai
Age guidance not published; confirm child suitability
Free General Admission · advance booking · confirm time and child suitability

15 Nov · Sunday 15 November 2026, 16:00–18:00 on the organiser’s Eventbrite listing. Alserkal’s programme still marks the 16:00 start TBC: confirm the time on your booking before travelling.

UpcomingChecked 10 Nov
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Art & culture

Diwali craft workshops — make lanterns, toran and mandala art at BurJuman

Explore Diwali crafts through a programme of lantern making, toran crafting, mandala art and Indian calligraphy at BurJuman. These hands-on cultural workshops are offered during the final four weekday evenings of the mall’s festival.

Al Mankhool, Dubai
Workshop age guidance not published
Free cultural workshops · numerical age guidance not published · no booking advertised

11 Nov · Monday–Thursday, 9–12 November 2026, 17:00–21:00. This is the workshop activity window; individual craft durations are not published.

No booking neededChecked 10 Nov
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Art & culture

Forged Through Time — make a gazelle motif in metal

Make a gazelle design on metal with traditional chasing tools. This hands-on cultural workshop connects a motif from Dubai’s Saruq Al Hadid archaeological discoveries with the craft of decorating metal. No previous experience is required.

Dubai Design District, Dubai
No numerical age guidance published · confirm child suitability
Free cultural workshop · registration required

11 Nov · Wednesday 11 November 2026: choose an available 30-minute session at 11:00, 12:00, 16:00 or 17:00. The organiser also advertises Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11 November; only this inspected date and its times are currently included here.

UpcomingChecked 6 Nov
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Architecture of Trust — explore AI, storytelling and cultural memory

Join a two-day public summit examining what AI changes about the stories we tell and the knowledge we preserve. Library, museum, publishing and research specialists discuss trustworthy information, Arabic cultural memory, translation and the future of knowledge institutions.

Al Jaddaf, Dubai
Knowledge-sector discussion · venue admits ages 5+; confirm summit child suitability
Free public summit · advance registration and confirmation required

16 Nov · 16 November: in-person programme 10:00–17:00; 17 November: in-person sessions 11:10–17:00, with breaks. Planner slots are selected panels: 16 November 11:00–11:55 (AI and institutional responsibilities) or 12:10–13:10 (AI and knowledge); 17 November 11:10–12:10 (Whose Arabic? or Trust by Design) or 16:00–17:00 (regional knowledge ecosystem). The 20:00 evening lectures are online and are not venue visits.

UpcomingChecked 6 Nov
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Build an AI agent with RIT Dubai’s student community

Make a customer-service AI agent, add tools, memory and safeguards, then explore deployment in a two-hour practical workshop with RIT Dubai’s AWS Student Builder Group. Basic Python is helpful; previous AI experience is unnecessary.

Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai
No numerical age guidance published · confirm child suitability
Free workshop · registration required · bring a laptop

16 Nov · Monday 16 November 2026, 17:30–19:30. Register through the organiser’s Meetup.

UpcomingChecked 6 Nov

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