Spend a few hours wandering the manicured walkways of the Expo 2020 grounds and the world – or at least this sanitized version in the Dubai desert – feels at peace and in harmony. But, for many ...

A crowd gathers around the casket of the priest Psamtik inside Egypt's pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. After eight years of planning and billions of dollars ...

Expo Dubai visitors hoping to see the 3D twin of Michelangelo’s David in all its glory at Italy’s pavilion may be disappointed as only the statue’s head is visible to the public in a display slammed ...

(RNS) — A copy of the Quran once owned by former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson will be displayed in the Unites States’ pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, the world’s fair currently underway in the ...

DUBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Expo Dubai visitors hoping to see the 3-D twin of Michelangelo's David in all its glory at Italy's pavilion may be disappointed as only the statue's head is visible to the ...

DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Commissioner General to the Expo in Dubai Robert Clark, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, said on Tuesday that he would lobby Congress to pass legislation to ...

Business activity in the United Arab Emirates rose to the highest level in more than two years last month, helped in part by an influx of tourists drawn to Dubai’s Expo 2020 event. A Purchasing ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Intent on making a flawless impression as the first host of the world’s fair in the Middle East, Dubai sought to leave nothing to chance. It poured billions of dollars ...

THE SETTING is dramatic. Visitors passing from the harsh midday sun to the dim interior are met with slogans. “We believe that every human is part of the collective conscience,” reads a message on the ...

This article was first published by SMEX on December 6, 2021. It is republished as part of an a republishing agreement with Global Voices. On October 7, 2021, Israel inaugurated its pavilion at Expo ...