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Author: Samira Cooper

23 May

Eshak – City Walk Dubai: The ideal place for your Iftar & Suhoor

by Samira Cooper
English, Food
Eshak - City Walk Dubai: The ideal place for your Iftar & Suhoor
Eshak - City Walk Dubai: The ideal place for your Iftar & Suhoor I discovered a new restaurant in City Walk: Eshak Dubai, Middle-Eastern fusion cuisine with an Uzbek influence. It's a lovely place and you can decide to eat outdoor or indoor. The design is very accurate: I loved their comfy and old style armchairs and the cool paintings at the wall. During Ramadan, you can have your Iftar Set Menu' (starting at the sunset; price 125 aed/person) or Suhoor (starting at 9pm; price 80 aed/person). I had an amazing Iftar starting with a rich bowl of lentil soup, baba ghannoj and my favorite starter ever an amazing eggplant salad (best seller of the house). Then I tried chicken kutabs and, as cheese lover, I...
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6 May

Iftar & Suhoor in Dubai: the best selection of Ramadan Tent 2019

by Samira Cooper
English, Events
Iftar & Suhoor in Dubai: the best selection of Ramadan Tent 2019
Iftar & Suhoor in Dubai: the best selection of Ramadan Tent 2019 What is the difference between iftar and suhoor? Both are the names given to meals taken outside fasting time during Ramadan: iftar occurs after sunset and suhoor before sunrise. Once the sun sets on a day of fasting, it’s a joyous occasion of eating and socialising. Most hotels and restaurants offer special iftar meals, most commonly a large spread of Middle Eastern mezze favourites such as hommus and falafel, and some traditional Emirati dishes such as baby camel, grilled sea-bass and halva (a dense Turkish-style dessert of seeds and honey), all washed down with rose-scented and date juices. Fruits, sweetened grains, yogurts and puddings are the main features of...
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22 Apr

Florence International Artisan Fair 2019

by Samira Cooper
English, Events
Florence International Artisan Fair 2019
Florence International Artisan Fair 2019 For the 83 rd edition, the showcase will be totally revamped with brand new content. ‘Innovation’ and ‘tradition’ are two words that have always characterised the Florence International Artisan Fair and this year, they take on further meaning. The 2019 edition, scheduled to run from April 24 until May 1 at the Fortezza da Basso, will be an extraordinary event, different from previous ones, with a revamped exhibition system. The event will be equipped with a modern staging, designed especially to best-display the products, optimising the experience of participants and facilitating easy contact with the 600 exhibitors that will be present. The event offers the possibility to visit a global village, where the excellence of made-by-hand products from all over the world will be on full and glorious display. It also...
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4 Apr

Intervista a Luca Capuano, Campione Italiano di Pugilato

by Samira Cooper
English, Sport
Intervista a Luca Capuano, Campione Italiano di Pugilato
Intervista a Luca Capuano, Campione Italiano di Pugilato Con la sua recente vittoria all’International Boxing di Cermenate, avvenuta il 30 Marzo 2019, Luca Capuano (pugile professionista Brindisino, di 30 anni), si conferma campione assoluto con 9 match all’attivo: 9 vittorie su 9 match. Categoria di peso: supermedio (76,3kg) Per questo combattimento si e’ allenato tra Brindisi, Dubai e Milano e, proprio a Dubai, abbiamo avuto il piacere di intervistarlo. Domanda: Com’e’ nata la tua passione e a che eta’ hai iniziato la tua professione? Luca:  "Mi e’ scattata la passione quando avevo 15 anni, guardando dei combattimenti, ma ho iniziato gli allenamenti a 17 anni, nella palestra della mia citta' a Brindisi.  Per i primi 3 anni, sono rimasto a Brindisi . Poi ho...
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21 Mar

Gwen Stefani to perform @ Dubai World Cup on 30th March 2019

by Samira Cooper
English, Events
Gwen Stefani to perform @ Dubai World Cup on 30th March 2019
Gwen Stefani to perform @ Dubai World Cup on 30th March 2019 Three-time GRAMMY® Award winner Gwen Stefani will bring down the curtain on the $35 million Dubai World Cup—the world’s richest day of horseracing and UAE’s premier sporting and social event—on March 30, 2019. The performance will be the iconic recording artist’s first major concert in the UAE. A three-time GRAMMY® Award winner, Gwen Stefani has achieved worldwide success as a performer, songwriter and recording artist, selling more than 30 million albums with No Doubt and as a multi-platinum solo artist. In 2016, Stefani released her critically praised third album, This Is What The Truth Feels Like, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and featured the #1 single “Used To Love...
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18 Mar

Intervista a Fabio Casali Special Olympics Italia

by Samira Cooper
English, Sport
Intervista a Fabio Casali Special Olympics Italia
Intervista a Fabio Casali Special Olympics Italia Un caloroso benvenuto negli Emirati Arabi Uniti a tutta la delegazione e atleti Italiani. Siamo stati all'Hamdan Sports Complex per i preliminari di nuoto e, abbiamo avuto l'opportunita' di intervistare uno dei delegati italiani, Fabio Casali, che ci ha raccontato le emozioni degli atleti di partecipare agli Special Olympics World Games di Abu Dhabi 2019. Fabio: "Siamo veramente molto emozionati perche' essere qui dopo un percorso fatto di mesi e, per alcuni di anni, e' una soddisfazione molto grande. I nostri atleti sentono la responsabilita' di rappresentare il Nostro Paese, l'Italia, ma sopratutto, hanno gioia di dimostrare quelle che sono le abilita' che hanno acquisito nel corso dei loro allenamenti e percorsi." Domanda: Ci...
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6 Mar

Taste of Dubai 2019 @ Dubai Media City from 7-9 Mar 2019

by Samira Cooper
English, Events, Food
Taste of Dubai 2019 @ Dubai Media City from 7-9 Mar 2019
Taste of Dubai 2019 @ Dubai Media City from 7-9 Mar 2019 Taste of Dubai is a 3-day extravaganza of food, drink and music with the city's hottest restaurants, world-class celebrity chefs and an incredible line-up of international music! Taste of Dubai is the definitive showcase of the capital’s best restaurants, top chefs, live music and leading food & drink brands. This year, the 3-day event will be hosted between the 7th-9th March 2019, at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre. The highlight of the foodie calendar, Taste of Dubai showcases the latest, greatest and most exciting restaurants from the region. Festival goers can expect to be served taster-size signature dishes, whilst world-class chefs cook up a storm live on-stage and, as always, there...
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