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Abu Dhabi Classics Sculpture Symposium Heritage Profile the People Behind the Art Art in the Third Dimension in the Capital Qasr Al Hosn Abu Dhabi March 2010 Supported by: ABU DHABI CLASSICS SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM HERITAGE PROFILE The people behind the art Art in the third dimension in the Capital Qasr Al Hosn GNOSIS UNFOLDS + MICHOACAN ARTISTS COOPERATIVE + Haft-SIN ZAZEN ARTS + RETURN OF WOMAD JOY OF INDEPENDENCE + CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE + WINNER OF THE ARABIC FICTION + INTERNATIONAL FAIR WELCOME 1 A new view for culture in the capital is nummy nulla aliquat amconul luptat irit lam, sum dunt do dionsenis alisim exerat. Snulputatie vulput ilit vel ut praese moloborem eugait Ommy nulla facillaore elisis nulputat, commodi ad te modiam del doluptat, quis ad tatum zzrit adigna amcommodit vulput num aliqui bla corem iureet commy niamet, quis elit nos essissi. praesenit, vel eugue feuipit nulput ut ulputat. 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