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  1. 23 Aug – 13 SepIn 7 days

    Flushing Meadows, New York

    The US Open Now Has a Tournament Before the Tournament

    Mixed doubles is played over three days in the week before the singles begin, with sets to four games and a draw of sixteen. Year two adds qualifying, which is a quiet admission about year one.

  2. 28 Aug – 13 SepIn 12 days

    Dubai International Cricket Stadium

    Dubai Hosts Every Ball of the Women's Asia Cup This Month

    Fifteen matches, eight teams, one ground. The Women's T20 Asia Cup runs at Dubai International Stadium from 28 August, and the single-venue format is a deliberate choice rather than a compromise.

  3. 30 Aug – 11 DecIn 2 weeks

    Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

    The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

    Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

  4. 10–15 SepIn 4 weeks

    New York

    New York Opens Fashion Month With a Debut and Closes It With Thom Browne

    Seventy shows across six days, spring collections shown in autumn, and a designer taking over a house whose founder's name is still on the door. The September calendar is set.

  5. 2–5 NovIn 3 months

    Abu Dhabi

    ADIPEC Still Runs on Oil, Whatever the Programme Says

    Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.

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What could go wrong with this structure?

Three things, in rough order of likelihood.

Why does school-holiday travel cost so much more?

Because the demand is inelastic in the most literal sense: several hundred thousand households cannot move their dates by a single day.

How does this change the way you plan?

The order of operations is now fixed. Decide the dates. Book accommodation and internal transport through an approved channel. Register on Nusuk. Apply for the…

Does the packed lunch need to be cold?

In a Gulf climate, yes, and this deserves more attention than it gets.

Does this make junior design jobs harder to get?

This is the part the survey numbers do not settle, and it deserves an honest answer rather than a reassuring one.

What counts as modest fashion?

The narrow definition counts garments designed and sold as modest wear: abayas, kaftans, hijabs, modest swimwear, prayer wear.

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