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Arif Amiri, Chief Executive Officer at Emaar Retail LLC, which manages KidZania, said: "The media plays an increasingly important role in shaping public dialogue and pushing the knowledge horizons of youngsters.

The UAE's newest art gallery has opened with a show inspired by photographs taken by children in Lesotho and a charity auction that raised Dh163,000 for orphans in the southern African country. Six Emirati artists were then invited to base artworks around some of the 1,400 images, and the results were unveiled this weekend at the Ara Gallery in Emaar Boulevard, Downtown Dubai.

To promote the group's work, Ms Lemack helped produce the documentary Killing in the Name, which was screened at the Pavilion in Downtown Burj Khalifa last month.

To celebrate the launch of its second daily service from the Mother City, Emirates is offering Capetonians a complimentary stopover package when they book a first or business class ticket to any point on the airline’s network of 111 international destinations.

Ramada Downtown Dubai was the chosen web for the ‘French Spiderman’ otherwise known as expert climber Alain Robert and he even took time out to get to grips with the hotel’s facade. Robert and his crew members stayed at the property during his recent trip to Dubai to climb the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.

Dr Gabriel Aldea, the Romanian consul general in Dubai, said he had been keen to see Lascar's exhibition staged in Dubai because of the city's growing importance as a cultural centre. At the launch of his show in the Burj Khalifa's Armani Hotel, Lascar said he was delighted with the choice of Dubai and would be happy to return.

Locals who want to see and be seen favor the sleek black-and-white Armani Prive Nightclub, a VIP lounge within the Armani Hotel Dubai. In the Downtown Dubai area, Calabar draws them in with Latin-inspired cuisine and cocktails, and a large outdoor terrace space with beanbags, couches and sheesha overlooking the Dubai Mall fountains, perfect for after-work lounging.

Dubai’s boom may have fizzled, but you can still live the high life perched atop the world’s tallest building as the glitzy Gulf emirate unveiled one of the world’s highest restaurants. At.mosphere, on the 122nd floor, is one private elevator ride up the glass-and-chrome Burj Khalifa.

Dubai Customs launched its new establishment in KidZania at the Dubai Mall on Wednesday 6 April 2011 under the auspices of His Excellency Ahmed Butti Ahmed, Executive Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Authority, and Director General of Dubai Customs.

On the gallery wall, the painting immediately catches your eye. It would look great, you just know, in your living room. Wondering about the price, you head for the counter. But you are politely told: "Sorry, it's not for sale." For this is the Pavilion Downtown Dubai, the city's newest contemporary art space and the first to operate on not-for-profit lines.