Culture

The UAE culture mostly revolves around the the Islamic religion and traditional arab culture. The lifestyle of the Islamic religion are very different and they take good pride in their country for instance the architectures, food, music and their prayers. The traditional music is played in every mall or small shop the music is played very loud and is very calm and relaxing. They get called to prayer at the mosques five times a day. These mosques are in very good condition and scattered around the country.
Here is a picture of the grand mosque:







Their are three main major events in Dubai these include Eid al Fitr this is the celebration at the end of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and is celebrated by fasting for one month. National Day is also important day because it marks the formation of United Arab Emirates is held on the 2nd of December.



Food- Arabic food is very popular all over Dubai and is available everywhere in city. Fast food, Asian and Chinese cuisines are also very popular in a wide variety. the sale of pork in Dubai is unavailable if your a Muslim and is designated in a certain place in the shop if you are non-Muslim the pork is available to you. The same goes to alcohol , you need a liquor permit card in order to buy alcohol. In hotels and bars alcohol is available to all. Most nightclubs are in hotels due to the permit for alcohol allowance.





Entertainment- Hollywood and indian movies are the most popular movies in the UAE. In 2004 Dubai hosted a Dubai International Film Festival this has been successful every year since then. Musicians such as Elton john, Pink, Aerosmith, Shakira, Justin Bieber, Selena gomez & Coldplay have played at this festival. In 2008 November 20 was the grand opening of the Atlantis Resort which kylie Minogue payed $3.5m to perform at the opening. The largest cinema hall in the UAE is reel cinemas located in the Dubai mall with 22 screens which can fit 2800 people.



Sport- Football and cricket are the most popular sports in Dubai. Five teams, Al Wasl FC , Al-Ahli Dubai, Al Nasr SC, Al Shabab al arabi club and Dubai club. These teams are all represented at the Dubai UAE pro-league. The Dubai World cup and Horseracing is held at the Meydan racecourse. The Dubai rugby union is held at the Dubai sevens stadium.