https://dubaifastliving.com/ Life moves faster in Dubai. Understanding it should too. en-AE Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:01:07 GMT https://dubaifastliving.com/uae-school-holidays/ https://dubaifastliving.com/uae-school-holidays/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:01:07 GMT life Official UAE term dates from the Ministry of Education: October half term is 12–16 October 2026, winter break 14 December, and term dates published through to June 2029. https://dubaifastliving.com/gitex-global-free-pass/ https://dubaifastliving.com/gitex-global-free-pass/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:06:55 GMT life There are six ways to get a free pass to GITEX 2026. Only one of them lets you register for free by yourself in five minutes. The other five depend on somebody giving you a pass, and most people never think to ask. Short answer GITEX GLOBAL 2026 will run from 7 to 11 December https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-visarjan-dates/ https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-visarjan-dates/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:53:32 GMT life Ganpati came home to Dubai on Monday, 14 September 2026. Within hours the same question starts moving through every family WhatsApp group from Karama to JVC: which day are we doing the visarjan, and at what time? This page answers that, and nothing else. It gives you every visarjan date for 2026 wit https://dubaifastliving.com/gitex-global-2026-dubai/ https://dubaifastliving.com/gitex-global-2026-dubai/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:01:40 GMT business GITEX GLOBAL 2026 runs from Monday 7 to Friday 11 December 2026 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City Dubai. It is the 46th edition, and the largest technology and startup show in the world. Short answer GITEX GLOBAL 2026 runs from 7 to 11 December 2026 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo Cit https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-chaturthi-2026-in-dubai/ https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-chaturthi-2026-in-dubai/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:21:25 GMT culture Dubai is about to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 with the rest of the world this month. On Monday, 14 September 2026, hundreds of thousands of Indian residents across the emirate will carry a clay Ganesha home, set him on a decorated chowki, and begin eleven days of aarti, modak and singing that wi https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-chaturthi-visarjan-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-chaturthi-visarjan-2026/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:21:14 GMT culture Ganesh Chaturthi Visarjan 2026 in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and the other emirates will fall on Friday, 25 September 2026 — Anant Chaturdashi. Bappa will arrive on Monday, 14 September 2026, and the UAE’s Ganeshotsav will run for twelve calendar days before the final farewell. Families who keep the https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-chaturthi-events-temples-mandaps-in-dubai/ https://dubaifastliving.com/ganesh-chaturthi-events-temples-mandaps-in-dubai/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:21:01 GMT culture Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 will begin in Dubai on Monday, 14 September. This page lists the celebrations you can actually go to — named venues, dates, entry rules and the account each organiser posts its timings on. Everything below was checked on 12 September 2026. For the puja muhurat and vidhi see our https://dubaifastliving.com/buy-modak-ganesh-chaturthi-dubai/ https://dubaifastliving.com/buy-modak-ganesh-chaturthi-dubai/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:20:29 GMT culture Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 will fall on Monday, 14 September, and in Dubai the modak question is really two questions: who steams ukadiche modak fresh that morning, and who has a box that will still be good on visarjan day eleven days later. This guide answers both, with September 2026 counter prices, ph https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-fashion-week-tickets/ https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-fashion-week-tickets/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:17:47 GMT whats-on Dubai Fashion Week will return to Dubai Design District (d3) from 22 to 26 October 2026 for its SS27/28 season, and most people start by looking for a ticket. There is no ticket to buy. Dubai Fashion Week does not sell seats to the public, which is why you will not find it on Platinumlist, https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-fashion-week/ https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-fashion-week/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:46:12 GMT whats-on Dubai Fashion Week 2026 will run from 22 to 26 October 2026 at Dubai Design District, and this is the Spring/Summer 2027 edition. One thing to clear up first, because it trips almost everyone up. Dubai holds its fashion week twice a year, so 2026 already had an edition: it ran from 1 to 6 https://dubaifastliving.com/spartan-deka-fit-dubai-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/spartan-deka-fit-dubai-2026/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:34:40 GMT whats-on For one day, the floor of Coca-Cola Arena stops being a concert venue and becomes a race track. On Saturday 26 September 2026, DEKA FIT Dubai will send athletes through 10 fitness stations with a 500 m run before every single one, which adds up to 5 km of running and 10 rounds of hard https://dubaifastliving.com/global-village-reopen-season-31/ https://dubaifastliving.com/global-village-reopen-season-31/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:02:38 GMT whats-on Short answer: Global Village will reopen in October 2026 for Season 31. The official website already lists the season as October 2026 – May 2027, but as of 11 September 2026 the exact opening day has not been announced yet. Based on six seasons of opening-date behaviour, the most likely reopening da https://dubaifastliving.com/atm-dubai-2026-registration/ https://dubaifastliving.com/atm-dubai-2026-registration/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:16:03 GMT business If you have been waiting for ATM Dubai 2026 registration to sort itself out, this is the week it stops waiting for you. Arabian Travel Market 2026 has moved out of its usual May slot and will now open on 14 September at Dubai World Trade Centre, the free window has already shut, and the https://dubaifastliving.com/arabian-travel-market-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/arabian-travel-market-2026/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:02:31 GMT business Arabian Travel Market 2026 opens at Dubai World Trade Centre on 14 September, bringing the global travel trade back to the Gulf for four days of business. Now in its 33rd year, ATM 2026 in Dubai gathers tourism boards, hotel groups, airlines and technology companies from more than 160 countries. Thi https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-school-half-term-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-school-half-term-2026/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:20:55 GMT whats-on If you pencilled the October half term 2026 into your calendar long ago, check it again. The Dubai school half term for the 2026-27 academic year has been changed for October by a full week. The short answer October half term 2026 in Dubai schools will run from Monday 12 October to Friday 16 October https://dubaifastliving.com/who-has-to-pay-corporate-tax-in-uae/ https://dubaifastliving.com/who-has-to-pay-corporate-tax-in-uae/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:08:07 GMT business Corporate tax arrived in the UAE with financial years starting on or after 1 June 2023. Ever since, the same three questions keep coming up. Do I have to pay it? How much? And what happens if I ignore it? This guide answers who has to pay corporate tax in UAE, with the numbers you https://dubaifastliving.com/small-business-relief/ https://dubaifastliving.com/small-business-relief/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:30:27 GMT business The short answer Small Business Relief lets a UAE business with revenue of AED 3 million or less pay zero Corporate Tax for the year. The law treats you as if you earned no taxable income at all. It came in with Ministerial Decision No. 73 of 2023 and was set to end in 2026. https://dubaifastliving.com/sharjah-dh20000-living-standard-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/sharjah-dh20000-living-standard-2026/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:00:16 GMT communities From 1 September 2026, nobody in four groups of Sharjah citizens is meant to live on less than Dh20,000 a month. There are four groups. His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Federal Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, approved the change. It reaches 31,979 people and https://dubaifastliving.com/how-to-file-corporate-tax-uae-emaratax/ https://dubaifastliving.com/how-to-file-corporate-tax-uae-emaratax/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:07:59 GMT business You file your UAE corporate tax return yourself, online, inside EmaraTax — the Federal Tax Authority’s tax portal at eservices.tax.gov.ae. You log in, open your company’s Taxable Person profile, click Corporate Tax in the left-hand menu, open Corporate Tax Filings, click File next to the tax period, https://dubaifastliving.com/international-property-show-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/international-property-show-2026/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:26:49 GMT property The IPS 2026 (International Property Show) is running from 7 to 9 September 2026 at Dubai World Trade Centre, in Halls 4 to 8, from 10:00 to 18:00 each day. This is the 22nd edition. It is organised by Strategic Exhibitions and Conferences under a strategic partnership with Dubai Land Department, an https://dubaifastliving.com/how-to-market-yourself-as-a-real-estate-agent-in-dubai/ https://dubaifastliving.com/how-to-market-yourself-as-a-real-estate-agent-in-dubai/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:44:01 GMT property You are one of 32,294 registered brokers, in a market where residential sales volumes fell 13.8% in the first half of 2026. The lead is not lost on the call. It is lost in the ninety seconds after it — when they type your name into Google, or ask ChatGPT who you are. Ask most https://dubaifastliving.com/uae-corporate-tax-filing-deadline-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/uae-corporate-tax-filing-deadline-2026/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:58:41 GMT business If your company’s financial year ended on 31 December 2025, one date now sits on your calendar whether anyone told you or not: 30 September 2026. That’s when your Corporate Tax return, and any tax you owe, will fall due. Miss it, and the Federal Tax Authority’s penalty schedule will start running au https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-stand-up-paddle-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-stand-up-paddle-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:45:27 GMT explore The short answer Dubai Stand Up Paddle is a free paddleboarding event on the water at Hatta Dam, a mountain reservoir about 115km from central Dubai. The fourth edition will run across two days, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026, and Dubai Fitness Challenge publishes a 10:30am start on both days https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-run-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-run-2026/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:14:15 GMT whats-on Once a year the RTA closes Sheikh Zayed Road, the twelve-lane motorway that runs through the middle of Dubai, and for one morning you get to walk down it. That morning will be Dubai Run 2026, on Sunday 22 November 2026. A part of the Dubai Fitness Challenge 2026, the run will have two distances https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-ride-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-ride-2026/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:01:45 GMT whats-on Once a year the RTA closes Sheikh Zayed Road, the highway that carries traffic through the middle of Dubai, and fills it with bicycles. Dubai Ride 2026, a part of the Dubai Fitness Challenge 2026 will be that morning: free to enter, not a race, and open to anyone with a roadworthy bike and a https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-fitness-challenge-2026/ https://dubaifastliving.com/dubai-fitness-challenge-2026/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:36:26 GMT whats-on The short answer Dubai Fitness Challenge 2026 asks you to do 30 minutes of exercise a day for 30 days. It starts on Saturday 31 October and ends on Sunday 29 November 2026. This is the tenth year. It is free. There is no fitness test, and a 30-minute walk counts as much as a https://dubaifastliving.com/onam-competitions-dubai/ https://dubaifastliving.com/onam-competitions-dubai/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:49:54 GMT culture Onamamangam runs nine cultural competitions on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August 2026 at Mark and Save, Muhaisnah, Dubai. There is no entry fee for any category. Events include Pookkalam, Thiruvathira, cinematic dance, tug of war, payasam making, kids painting and fancy dress. Winners are announced a https://dubaifastliving.com/onam-2026-dates-uae/ https://dubaifastliving.com/onam-2026-dates-uae/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:49:29 GMT culture Onam ran from Sunday 16 August to Thursday 27 August 2026. Thiruvonam, the main day of the festival, fell on Wednesday 26 August. Onam lasted 11 days this year instead of the usual 10. Onam is not a public holiday in the UAE, and community celebrations across the emirates continue into September. Th https://dubaifastliving.com/lulu-onam-sadya-order-online/ https://dubaifastliving.com/lulu-onam-sadya-order-online/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:49:01 GMT culture The Kitchen by LuLu sells an Onam sadhya for Dh38.90 in 2026. The box holds 24 items and comes with a banana leaf inside. It is available from 26 to 30 August at participating Lulu stores across all seven emirates. Online pre-orders were taken on the Lulu UAE website with delivery on 26 August. The https://dubaifastliving.com/onamamangam-2026-sharjah/ https://dubaifastliving.com/onamamangam-2026-sharjah/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:48:42 GMT whats-on Onamamangam Season 5 takes place on Sunday 6 September 2026 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Gates open at 10.30am and the programme starts at 11am. Tickets start at Dh65 and include a royal Onam sadhya served to more than 8,000 guests. Actor Kunchacko Boban is the chief guest. Parking is free. Onamamangam 2