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Dubai carves new cultural landscape

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CULTURAL BRIDGE: The Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing will provide entry and exit points for the Creek Island on which an opera building will be constructed.

A massive cultural project is to transform the banks of Dubai Creek into a ‘living museum,’ with an opera house, galleries, theatres and arts workshops covering over 20 kilometres, it was announced on Wednesday.

‘Khor Dubai,’ a national project to be built by the public and private sectors, will include more than 10 thematic museums, starting with the Messenger Mohammed Museum, and nine public libraries dedicated to poetry, music and literature.

Commencing at Shindagha, Dubai’s oldest neighbourhood at the mouth of Dubai Creek, it will stretch to the commercial district Business Bay, creating “the most comprehensive cultural destination in the world,” according to DIFC governor Omar Bin Sulaiman.

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“Khor Dubai will be a unique area that will combine the past and the present to lay down the foundations for the future, merging the cultures of the world with icons of literature, art and creativity,” chairman of the recently established Dubai Culture & Arts Authority Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktroum said at the launch.

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