With less than two weeks until Christmas, time is of the essence to purchase the right present for your loved one.
For women who love a little sparkle, The National has curated a selection of this season's must-have luxury gifts.
Look to Piaget's Limelight Gala watch for inspiration, with or without diamonds (prices on request). If Piaget is a little out of your budget, Missoni's new Zigzag timepiece (Dh2,718) makes for a more affordable alternative.
Scroll through the gallery above to see the full selection of gifts for her
In jewellery, Pomellato's new Scarabeo collection of rings (prices on request) is likely to be a hit. They come in a variety of coloured stones.
In the shoe department, Dior's Ballerina flats (Dh3,900) are set to be the must-have pair for next year, while Moschino's UAE capsule sparkling pink sandals (Dh3,250) honour this year's Barbiecore trend.
In bags, which range from sparkling to shearling, Jimmy Choo's fully-embellish Bon Bon crystal bag (Dh17,400) and Alexander McQueen's gold clutch (Dh15,755) are at the higher end of the price market, while Coach's shearling Mira bag will make the perfect accessory for the winter and costs Dh2,700.
'Outclassed in Kuwait'
Taleb Alrefai,
HBKU Press
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Sheikh Zayed's poem
When it is unveiled at Abu Dhabi Art, the Standing Tall exhibition will appear as an interplay of poetry and art. The 100 scarves are 100 fragments surrounding five, figurative, female sculptures, and both sculptures and scarves are hand-embroidered by a group of refugee women artisans, who used the Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery art of tatreez. Fragments of Sheikh Zayed’s poem Your Love is Ruling My Heart, written in Arabic as a love poem to his nation, are embroidered onto both the sculptures and the scarves. Here is the English translation.
Your love is ruling over my heart
Your love is ruling over my heart, even a mountain can’t bear all of it
Woe for my heart of such a love, if it befell it and made it its home
You came on me like a gleaming sun, you are the cure for my soul of its sickness
Be lenient on me, oh tender one, and have mercy on who because of you is in ruins
You are like the Ajeed Al-reem [leader of the gazelle herd] for my country, the source of all of its knowledge
You waddle even when you stand still, with feet white like the blooming of the dates of the palm
Oh, who wishes to deprive me of sleep, the night has ended and I still have not seen you
You are the cure for my sickness and my support, you dried my throat up let me go and damp it
Help me, oh children of mine, for in his love my life will pass me by.
How it works
A $10 hand-powered LED light and battery bank
Device is operated by hand cranking it at any time during the day or night
The charge is stored inside a battery
The ratio is that for every minute you crank, it provides 10 minutes light on the brightest mode
A full hand wound charge is of 16.5minutes
This gives 1.1 hours of light on high mode or 2.5 hours of light on low mode
When more light is needed, it can be recharged by winding again
The larger version costs between $18-20 and generates more than 15 hours of light with a 45-minute charge
No limit on how many times you can charge
