Throughout the #2022Folklife Festival, visitors witnessed emerging Emirati artists from Zayed University construct a mural they designed for the Festival that is inspired by the textures, colors, and places of everyday life in Dubai. @saramialzaabi voiced: “This is my first time participating in a mural...I had a course which took place last fall. It was a course created for this opportunity, actually for the festival. We ended up creating and designing this mural. The first process was we gathered elements and icons from the culture and tradition of the UAE, but we wanted it to be more abstract and not repetitive icons. Even if we saw these icons before, we tried to create it in a new and modern way." @UAEEmbassyUS Swipe through for some detail shots. 📸: Stanley Turk and Josh Weilepp