Khor Dubai Cultural Project

On March 26, 2008 Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, presented the gigantic cultural development project, Khor Dubai. For the ceremony, he chose a highly symbolic site: the reconstructed palace of his grandfather, Sheik Saeed Al Maktoum in Al Shindagha, the oldest settlement at the mouth of the Creek, the lagoon that extends deep into the interior of the country. An top-notch cultural zone is to be built beginning here and running for about 20 kilometers along the Creek and an artificial extension of the waterway as far as the completely new district, Business Bay. Currently planned are 1 opera house, more than 10 museums, 14 theaters, 11 galleries, 9 public libraries, 72 "cultural icons", and 7 cultural and arts institutes for local and foreign artists.

More about the project, the cultural context in the Emirates, and Dubai's new strategies in culture and arts, you can find in the complete article by Haupt & Binder:

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Published in the Nafas Art Magazine section of Universes in Universe

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