The year 2025 was rich in movement, travel, and multi-directional cultural work—a year in which geography intersected with creativity, and personal experience converged with public cultural action, grounded in a firm belief in the role of the word, art, and knowledge in building bridges among peoples.
Major Journeys of the Year:
Ras Al Khaimah ushered in 2026 with a 15-minute New Year’s Eve spectacle of drones and fireworks, setting a new Guinness World Records title for the largest aerial display of a phoenix formed by multirotor drones.
The centrepiece of the celebration was a large-scale drone performance that transformed the night sky into a series of
The United Arab Emirates concluded 2025 with a record-breaking series of athletic achievements, securing unprecedented medal hauls across regional, continental, and global competitions.
The year marked the country’s most successful historical performances in multi-sport events, including record tallies at the GCC Beach Games –
The Book “Nuclear Explosion: Selected Works of Representative Poets from the Three Major Poetry Movements in the World Today” Published in China
Hong Kong, 2025 — The highly anticipated international poetry anthology “Nuclear Explosion: Selected Works of Representative Poets from the Three Major Poetry Movements in
Sheikh Zayed bin Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, Chairman of the National Anti-Narcotics Authority, inaugurated Wonderland Entertainment City in Al Wathba, accompanied by Hamid Saeed Al Neyadi, Director of the Office of the Chairman of the Presidential Court and Vice Chairman of the Festival’s Higher Committee, along with several