6 things to do on the last day of the Eid weekend

Monday marks the last of the Eid Al Adha holiday, but make yours a long weekend to remember with our list of places to visit, shows to watch, restaurants to eat at and deals to catch.

Rabeh Saqer performance

Tickets are still available for the Saudi singer’s Coca-Cola Arena concert.

Saudi Arabian singer Rabeh Saqer. Satish Kumar / The National

Saqer is considered one of Saudi Arabia’s “big four”, alongside Mohammed Abdu, Abdul Majeed Abdullah and Khaled Abdul Rahman. After his debut single Ya Naseem Al Lail, Saqer released Gulf pop hits including Biscat, Sabrien and Kazbaba Baida. He also found success as a composer, writing tunes for his compatriot Abdullah and Kuwaiti singer Nabeel Shuail.

Monday; 9.30pm (doors open at 7.30pm); from Dh295; Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai; platinumlist.net

'Tambakhieh' at Dubai Opera

Tickets are also still available for the last Dubai show of Tambakhieh, a play by Kuwaiti actor and comedian Tariq Al Ali.

The satirical comedy is about Bou Awwad (Al Ali), the president of a sports club who is ambitious at work, but indifferent at home, often to hilarious effect.

Monday; 9pm (doors open at 7.30pm); from Dh150; Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai

Street Food Festival

BurJuman Mall has extended its Street Food Festival to make the most of the long Eid Al Adha holiday. Take a break from scouring the shops and head to the Pavilion Garden on level 3 to sample the fare at 12 street food counters, covering cuisines such as Indian, Arabic, Korean, Thai, Malaysian, Italian and Indonesian, plus all manner of dessert.

The arena will have live music, face painting and slime stations for little ones, and billiards and foosball for adults. You can also catch a roaming dance performance at 6pm, 8pm and 9pm on Monday.

Until Sunday; 10am-10pm; Al Mankhool, Dubai

Lotsa! Lazy Cake gift box

Gift a loved one a box of Lotsa! Lazy Cake.

If you don’t have the time to go hunting for a present today, simply choose Lotsa! Lazy Cake’s limited-time party box from Talabat or Deliveroo, and it’ll be at your doorstep within an hour — complete with adorable sheep motifs on the shimmering packaging.

Within are 36 pieces of crunchy-fudgy mini cakes in flavours such as lotus fudge, salted caramel peanut, Nutella hazelnut, and Oreo cookies and cream.

Available until Tuesday; Dh150; order via Talabat or Deliveroo

Abu Dhabi Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition

Saluki dogs at the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition. Victor Besa / The National.

Head to the ADIHEX stand at The Galleria Al Maryah Island, for a snapshot of local culture and customs. The counter has professional henna artists, arts and crafts activities, a traditional photo booth, complimentary ADIHEX tickets, as well as other giveaways, and — perhaps best of all — an opportunity to meet and pet loveable Salukis, the original desert dogs.

Monday, 10am-10pm; Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi

Sunglasses for sale

If you don’t feel like braving the mall crowds this DSS, head to La Mer instead. Not only does the beachfront destination have loads of F&B offers for Eid Al Adha (think subsidised menus at Argentina Grill and Steakanji, and complimentary Dunkin doughnuts), but you can also indulge in some retail therapy.

Notably, if you’re looking for a new pair of sunglasses this summer, head to Optifashion to catch the last day of its 70 per cent off sale. A few paces away, the La Mer branch of BinSina is offering up to 75 per cent off on medicines, cosmetics, supplements and skincare.

Upcoming games

SUNDAY

Brighton and Hove Albion v Southampton (5.30pm)
Leicester City v Everton (8pm)

MONDAY
Burnley v Newcastle United (midnight)

Pharaoh's curse

British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened.
He had been in poor health for many years after a car crash, and a mosquito bite made worse by a shaving cut led to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Reports at the time said Lord Carnarvon suffered from “pain as the inflammation affected the nasal passages and eyes”.
Decades later, scientists contended he had died of aspergillosis after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb, which can lie dormant for months. The fact several others who entered were also found dead withiin a short time led to the myth of the curse.

Conflict, drought, famine

Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.

Band Aid

Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.

Indoor cricket World Cup:
Insportz, Dubai, September 16-23

UAE fixtures:
Men
Saturday, September 16 – 1.45pm, v New Zealand
Sunday, September 17 – 10.30am, v Australia; 3.45pm, v South Africa
Monday, September 18 – 2pm, v England; 7.15pm, v India
Tuesday, September 19 – 12.15pm, v Singapore; 5.30pm, v Sri Lanka
Thursday, September 21 – 2pm v Malaysia
Friday, September 22 – 3.30pm, semi-final
Saturday, September 23 – 3pm, grand final

Women
Saturday, September 16 – 5.15pm, v Australia
Sunday, September 17 – 2pm, v South Africa; 7.15pm, v New Zealand
Monday, September 18 – 5.30pm, v England
Tuesday, September 19 – 10.30am, v New Zealand; 3.45pm, v South Africa
Thursday, September 21 – 12.15pm, v Australia
Friday, September 22 – 1.30pm, semi-final
Saturday, September 23 – 1pm, grand final

Red flags

Promises of high, fixed or 'guaranteed' returns.
Unregulated structured products or complex investments often used to bypass traditional safeguards.
Lack of clear information, vague language, no access to audited financials.
Overseas companies targeting investors in other jurisdictions - this can make legal recovery difficult.
Hard-selling tactics - creating urgency, offering 'exclusive' deals.

Courtesy: Carol Glynn, founder of Conscious Finance Coaching

About RuPay

A homegrown card payment scheme launched by the National Payments Corporation of India and backed by the Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank

RuPay process payments between banks and merchants for purchases made with credit or debit cards

It has grown rapidly in India and competes with global payment network firms like MasterCard and Visa.

In India, it can be used at ATMs, for online payments and variations of the card can be used to pay for bus, metro charges, road toll payments

The name blends two words rupee and payment

Some advantages of the network include lower processing fees and transaction costs

Qosty Byogaani

Starring: Hani Razmzi, Maya Nasir and Hassan Hosny

Four stars

At this rate, Lebanon may not survive to see its 100th birthday

Dhadak 2

Director: Shazia Iqbal

Starring: Siddhant Chaturvedi, Triptii Dimri

Rating: 1/5

GAC GS8 Specs

Engine: 2.0-litre 4cyl turbo

Power: 248hp at 5,200rpm

Torque: 400Nm at 1,750-4,000rpm

Transmission: 8-speed auto

Fuel consumption: 9.1L/100km

On sale: Now

Price: From Dh149,900

Jetour T1 specs

Engine: 2-litre turbocharged

Power: 254hp

Torque: 390Nm

Price: From Dh126,000

Available: Now

Benefits of first-time home buyers' scheme

Priority access to new homes from participating developers
Discounts on sales price of off-plan units
Flexible payment plans from developers
Mortgages with better interest rates, faster approval times and reduced fees
DLD registration fee can be paid through banks or credit cards at zero interest rates

Biog

Mr Kandhari is legally authorised to conduct marriages in the gurdwara

He has officiated weddings of Sikhs and people of different faiths from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Russia, the US and Canada

Father of two sons, grandfather of six

Plays golf once a week

Enjoys trying new holiday destinations with his wife and family

Walks for an hour every morning

Completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Loyola College, Chennai, India

2019 is a milestone because he completes 50 years in business

The Africa Institute 101

Housed on the same site as the original Africa Hall, which first hosted an Arab-African Symposium in 1976, the newly renovated building will be home to a think tank and postgraduate studies hub (it will offer master’s and PhD programmes). The centre will focus on both the historical and contemporary links between Africa and the Gulf, and will serve as a meeting place for conferences, symposia, lectures, film screenings, plays, musical performances and more. In fact, today it is hosting a symposium – 5-plus-1: Rethinking Abstraction that will look at the six decades of Frank Bowling’s career, as well as those of his contemporaries that invested social, cultural and personal meaning into abstraction.