Kera is a freelance writer and designer living in Abu Dhabi with her two children, and husband. She blogs about her life at www.runningmommy04.blogspot.com

Reema Al Majed is a busy body – when she is not studying media sciences at Zayed University, she has her hands full organizing and planning out film festivals like the recent Zayed University Film Festival (ZUFF) which focused on providing a platform for young filmmakers to exhibit their craft.

Age: 21 Nationality: Emirati Person who inspires me the most: Famous Lebanese artist, poet and writer Gibran Khalil has inspired me and made me think more about life. Every line

Abu Dhabi has been home to numerous major art festivals and symposiums over the past month. One artist who visited the capital city recently is Una St. Tropez who specializes in painting large-size portraits using a unique combination of an ultra modern and yet ancient wax technique.

Black and white photography is one of the most interesting and artistic forms in photography. Black and white works very nicely for portrait photography and for high impact image compositions.

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Young and talented, Fatima Hussain Al Hashemi is a star performer of the Abu Dhabi Festival 2010. She chats with Kulsoom Zakir and gives our readers a rare insight into what it takes to be an Emirati musical prodigy.