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Guests gather outside The Empty Quarter Gallery during Dubai's DIFC Art Night on 15 January 2012.

Image courtesy DIFC.
 
A DJ spins his tunes amidst a bustling crowd during DIFC's Art Night on 15 January 2012.

Image courtesy DIFC.
 
Iranian artist Ala Ebtekar at his solo show Elsewhen at The Third Line, Dubai on 18 January 2012.

Photography by Hitesh Gandhi.
 
Edge of Arabia's We Need to Talk ad at Jeddah International Airport. 18 January 2012.

Photography by Myrna Ayad.
 
Alaa Al-Shroogi, Princess Alia Al-Senussi, Raneem Farsi, Sharifa Al-Sudairi, Maria Baibakova, Selma Feriani, Myrna Ayad and Reem Rifaat Ali on the roof of Beit Nassif in Jeddah. 19 January 2012.

Image courtesy Princess Alia Al-Senussi.
 
'Masha-Allah, Tabarak-Allah' meaning 'With Allah's Blessings, If Allah Wills it', a poster on a Jeddah road. 19 January 2012.

Photography by Princess Alia Al-Senussi.
 
Hanibal Lecter in Jeddah? Ha! Saudi man has a facial in a barber's shop in Jeddah's old souk. 19 January 2012.

Photography by Myrna Ayad.
 
Pool-cum-sitting area - part of Saudi artist Ahmed Angawi's studio. Jeddah, 20 January 2012.

Photography by Myrna Ayad.
 
Ayman Yossri Daydban's hands at his solo show I Am Anything, I Am Everything at Athr Gallery, Jeddah. 20 January 2012.

Photography by Myrna Ayad.
 
Saudi artist Manal Al-Dowayan speaks about her work at a luncheon hosted at Sharifa Al-Sudairi's house in Jeddah. 20 January 2012.

Photography by Princess Alia Al-Senussi.
 
Sharifa Al-Sudairi (with fancy Bedouin headgear) on board the chartered flight to Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia. 21 January 2012.

Photography by Myrna Ayad.
 
German artist Wolfgang Tillmans and Edge of Arabia Creative Director Abdullah Al-Turki dig in for lunch at Mada'in Saleh, a World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia. 21 January 2012.

Photography by Princess Alia Al-Senussi.
 
Attendees to Edge of Arabia's Jeddah exhibitions and events leave Mada'in Saleh in Saudi Arabia from Al-Ula Airport via a chartered flight. Jeddah, 21 January 2012.

Photography by Ahmed Mater.
 
Iranian artist Ramin Haerizadeh covers the magazine rack at Dubai Mall's Kinokuniya bookstore with Canvas on 25 January 2012.

Photography by Hesam Rahmanian.