Set in contemporary Gaza, "Eating Ice-cream on Gaza Beach" is about Adrian, a British-Jewish student whose grandfather fought in Palestine in 1948. Now Adrian has traveled to Gaza in an effort "to understand," as he explains to Rami, a Palestinian-Christian ice-cream vendor.

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A three day conference aims at encouraging creativity amongst Saudi women.

A festival dedicated to female entrepreneurship titled "Where the creation starts" will take place at the Jeddah’s Westin Hotel on the 25th to the 28th of August 2008.  The festival is organized with the disabled Children’s' Association of Mecca. The event will be inaugurated by Princess Hisa Al- Sha’lan, the wife of King Abdullah.

Artscape Picasso is the first in the series, it is free of charge and open to all, it takes place on Thursday 28th August at the Cultural Foundation in Central Abu Dhabi, 7pm-11pm and is produced in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage.

This event is linked to the Picasso Abu Dhabi exhibition currently on display at Gallery One, Emirates Palace.

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A festival dedicated to female entrepreneurship titled "Where the creation starts" will take place at the Jeddah’s Westin Hotel from the 25th to the 28th of August 2008. 

The festival is organized with the disabled Children’s' Association of Mecca and will be inaugurated by Princess Hisa Al- Sha’lan, the wife of King Abdullah.