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Iyad Rimawi to Perform at the Dubai Opera

A poster for Iyad Rimawi's concert
A poster for Iyad Rimawi's concert
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Iyad Rimawi to Perform at the Dubai Opera

A poster for Iyad Rimawi's concert
A poster for Iyad Rimawi's concert

The Syrian music composer Iyad Rimawi is preparing to perform on February 11 and 12 at the Dubai Opera at a concert dubbed "Love Letters from Damascus."

Seen as one of the most talented Arab composers alive today, Rimawi’s melodic and emotional scores are a unique fusion of oriental and classical music.

After performing to a sold-out crowd in 2018, Rimawi comes back to Dubai to perform new music, such as Alharamlek and Masafit Aman, on stage for the first time, as well as some of his famous works, like Al Nadam, Alam Homra, and The Godfather.

Expressing his excitement about performing in Dubai again, Rimawi said: “Being in Dubai, today, especially to perform at the Opera House alongside the renowned international act, is a step forward for my large project aimed at performing at the world’s largest theaters and introducing my music.”

The concert’s executive producer Salah Mansour, for his part, says the artist came back after the great success of his show at the World Trade Center to place this project side by side with the world’s most prominent musicians at the prestigious house Dubai Opera.

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India’s Monsoon Back on Track, Heatwave to Ease, Says Weather Officials 

School children use umbrellas to cover themselves from the rain as they walk to school, in New Delhi, India May 2, 2025. (Reuters)
School children use umbrellas to cover themselves from the rain as they walk to school, in New Delhi, India May 2, 2025. (Reuters)
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India’s Monsoon Back on Track, Heatwave to Ease, Says Weather Officials 

School children use umbrellas to cover themselves from the rain as they walk to school, in New Delhi, India May 2, 2025. (Reuters)
School children use umbrellas to cover themselves from the rain as they walk to school, in New Delhi, India May 2, 2025. (Reuters)

India's monsoon has revived after stalling for more than a fortnight, and rains are set to cover central parts of the country this week, bringing relief from the heatwave in the grain-growing northern plains, two senior weather officials said on Monday.

The monsoon, the lifeblood of the country's nearly $4 trillion economy, delivers nearly 70% of the rain that India needs to water farms and replenish aquifers and reservoirs.

Nearly half of India's farmland, which has no irrigation, depends on the annual June-September rains for crop growth.

The monsoon has revived after a fortnight as a favorable weather system has developed in the Bay of Bengal, which would help the monsoon to cover entire central India this week, an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) told Reuters.

Monsoon rains on Monday covered almost the entire western state of Maharashtra and entered into neighboring Gujarat and central state of Madhya Pradesh, the official said.

The Monsoon's onset over Kerala occurred on May 24 and quickly covered southern, northeastern and some parts of western India ahead of its usual schedule, but its progress has stalled since May 29, according to an IMD chart that tracked the monsoon's progress.

The monsoon has gained the required momentum, and heavy rainfall is likely over west coast, central and some parts of north India in next ten days, which will significantly bring down temperatures, another weather official said.

India has received 31% lower rainfall than average in the first half of June, but in the second half the country is set to receive above average rainfall, the official said.

Monsoon rains are set to progress quickly in the next few days and could cover most parts of the country before the end of June, the official said.

Summer rains usually fall in Kerala around June 1 before spreading nationwide by mid-July, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, corn, cotton, soybeans and sugarcane.