Five things to do today: check out Faig Ahmed’s rugs at Fairmont The Palm and hear the Russian pianist Eduard Kunz

Our daily round-up of things to do in the UAE. Celebrate 25 years of Majid magazine and listen to a talk between Bensalem Himmich and Roger Allen.

An artwork by Faig Ahmed. Courtesy Faig Ahmed

WATCH and interact with Faig Ahmed, Fairmont The Palm's artist in residence, as he deconstructs, distorts and reinvents traditional Azerbaijani rugs. As one who has specialised in traditional weaving techniques, Ahmed now reinvents the weaving practices of his homeland to create contemporary pieces. From noon until 6pm, Fairmont The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, www.fairmont.com/palm-dubai

HEAR the Russian pianist Eduard Kunz perform as part of the World Classical Music Series. Today's concert programme will include Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, several Chopin pieces and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No 12. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm, tickets cost from Dh250, The One & Only Royal Mirage, Royal Ballroom, Dubai, www.mpremiere.com, 050 870 2674

JOIN in the celebrations of Eton Institute's eighth birthday. It will be a day of combining cultural and language awareness with carnival-style interactive games, a "Speak Dating" session, a body-language workshop, salsa dance performance and more. From 8am to 9pm, Block 3, Knowledge Village Dubai and in Abu Dhabi at Park Rotana Office Complex, Khalifa Park, www.etoninstitute.com

SIT in as Roger Allen, who has translated four of the Moroccan author Bensalem Himmich's novels into English, talks to Himmich about the difficulties of translating Hadha Al-Andalusi (A Muslim Suicide), which won the 2012 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for translation from Arabic. From 6.30pm to 8pm, auditorium of InterContinental Abu Dhabi Hotel, Baynunah Street, Abu Dhabi, register at www.nyuad.nyu.edu

CELEBRATE 35 years of Majid magazine at Khalifa Park today from 4pm to 9pm with the singer Hala Turk and Saeed Al Mamary. Get your ticket in the March 5 issue of Majid