dubai Archives

Arafaat Ali Khan, co-founder of the Middle East Film and Comic Con (MEFCC), has been hired as the Managing Director of CCG's new Middle East office setting up in Dubai in the UAE, joining international offices in Sarasota, London, Munich, Hong Kong and Shanghai Since 1987, CCG-and-related companies have certified coins, banknotes, trading card games,[...]

The PUBG Mobile Star Challenge 2018 wrapped up in Dubai this week, and RRQ Athena took the championship in the Global Finals The event drew  60 million views online to a packed house of nearly 5,000 in the crowd to watch the Thailand-based team take top honors, beating out two Chinese teams in CPT and LH[...]

And conversely also everywhere in Bonfire Night in the UK now. But not in Dubai Not anymore. Police officials in Dubai have warned against wearing a mask that symbolises opposition to state authority during any celebrations connected to National Day and declared it illegal. Any person found wearing Guy Fawkes masks, also known as 'Vendetta masks', risks police[...]

My longtime pal Mark Smylie dropped me a line recently, indicating that he'd just been to the MEFCC convention in Dubai and that he was wondering if Bleeding Cool would like to post his reflections on the event Certainly we would! Mark Smylie, for those of you who are not aware, is the founder of[...]

Rob Cave writes for Bleeding Cool; While Dubai has claimed many superlatives over the years, from the tallest building and the tallest hotel to the largest man-made archipelago, it is not at all known for its comics and cult film scene The emirate, the second largest in the United Arab Emirates, lacks even a single comic[...]

Independent publisher Jabal Entertainment have launched their first comic book, Jinnrise by Sohaib Awan and Tony Vasallo, at the first Middle East Film and Comic Con being held in Dubai, today and tomorrow.  We'll have people at the show reporting back for Bleeding Cool this weekend. International student Andrew Marcus' world is torn asunder when interstellar[...]