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There is something deeply satisfying about watching a story you once held in your hands come alive on screen. The quiet moments of reading the characters you imagined in your own way suddenly become shared experiences. In 2025, the bridge...

Slow Living Starts with a Page With Your Nearest Bookshop Life keeps speeding up but people are craving slower moments and real offline time. That’s why more readers find themselves searching for the nearest bookshop instead of reaching for their...

Creating a Future-Ready UAE Business Environment with a Focus on sustainability 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year for doing business in the UAE. Regulations are evolving, foreign investment pathways are widening, and the environment for global headquarters...

The UAE has always been a nation that builds boldly but its newest landmarks show something deeper happening. With the opening of the Zayed National Museum in 2025 and a wave of upcoming cultural and mega-events across the UAE, the...

Every season deserves its own stories. At Bookends, the go-to bookstore near me Dubai readers love, we’ve seen which books made waves this summer and which timeless titles never fail to travel from our shelves into your bags. And since...

Every year on July 31st, something magical happens. It’s not just the end of July—it’s the birthday of the boy who changed reading forever. That’s right: Harry Potter is turning another year older, and here at Bookends, we’re raising our...

Let’s be honest—some readers turn their noses up at audiobooks. “It’s not real reading,” they say, as if listening to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone while stuck in Dubai traffic is some kind of literary shortcut. But in a...

In June, Bookends hosted a book fair unlike any other—a weekend of pure literary joy that brought together families, children and book lovers from across all seven Emirates. Over just three days, we re-homed 5,000 books, turning what started as...

The Soul of UAE Storytelling in a Machine-Made Era Let’s ask the question that’s shaking the literary world: Can a machine truly write better than a human? In an age where AI can generate entire novels in seconds, traditional storytelling...