Find quality handmade crafts and gift items from local vendors at the Shopping Soiree, which features 35 pop-up shops, all under one roof, selling homewares, clothing, toys, baby products, skincare, furniture, handbags and more. From 10am until 2pm, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Khalifa City A, Abu Dhabi, info@shoppingsoiree.ae
See the exhibition The World Is But a Moment. The photographer Peter Sanders presents a selection of images taken during the past 30 years, focusing on his trips to India and the Arab world in the 1970s, including A Moment In or Out of Time. From 10am until 7pm, The Empty Quarter, Building 2, DIFC Gate Village, Dubai, 04 323 1210, www.theemptyquarter.com
Register to attend tomorrow's healing-art workshop led by the artist Tina Ahmed and the naturopath Carin Huibers that will encourage you to paint as a release from everyday stress, so you can renew your spirit and induce self-healing. Tomorrow, from 10am until 2pm, Dh550, Mussawir Art Gallery, Al Marabea Street opposite Al Shirawi Equipment, Al Quoz, Dubai, 04 388 1663, www.mussawir.com
Enter Al Ain Zoo's annual photography competition, which includes the categories At Play, Snackattack and the zoo's answer to selfies, Zoofies. Images of arid land wildlife and the zoo experience will be accepted until the end of May. Al Ain, www.alainzoo.ae
Check out the Dubai International Arabic Calligraphic Exhibition, which is one of the largest collections of calligraphy masterpieces by more than 50 accomplished artists from across the Arab world. Wafi Mall, Dubai, www.dubaiculture.gov.ae.
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