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data-id="1369861" class="story__title size-eleven text-center "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516/https://www.dawn.com/news/1369861/abu-dhabis-louvre-showcases-art-from-middle-eastern-civilisations" class="story__link">Abu Dhabi's Louvre showcases art from Middle Eastern civilisations</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-six text-center p-4 mb-4">The museum prides itself as “a universal museum that focuses on shared human stories across civilisations and cultures”. </div> <div class="text-center my-4 py-2 "><span class="story__byline size-four text-center text--gray "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516/https://www.dawn.com/authors/119/afp">AFP</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516/https://www.dawn.com/authors/156/ap">AP</a></span><span class="divider divider--gray divider--hyphen"></span><span class="story__time size-four text--gray "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-11T20:27:13+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Nov 11, 2017</span> <span class="timestamp__time">08:27pm</span></span></span> </div>  <div class="story__content size-six "><div style="display: none"></div><p class="">The Louvre Abu Dhabi opened its doors to the public on Saturday, drawing a crowd as diverse as the cosmopolitan United Arab Emirates (UAE) itself. </p><p class="">Hundreds of Emiratis along with Asian, European and Arab expatriates, some dressed in shorts, others in flowing Arabic robes, roamed through the vast museum to see famous works from the Paris institution, and pieces from Middle Eastern civilisations alike. </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070dfac452f.jpg" alt="Dancers from Korean musical ensemble "Baraji" perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Dancers from Korean musical ensemble "Baraji" perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070ef0a99e4.jpg" alt="Visitors tour the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum during the opening ceremony. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Visitors tour the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum during the opening ceremony. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070e7346dc8.jpg" alt="The president-director of the Louvre Museum, Jean-Luc Martinez, right, gives gifts to the two daughters of a family for being the first visitors at the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi. — AP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The president-director of the Louvre Museum, Jean-Luc Martinez, right, gives gifts to the two daughters of a family for being the first visitors at the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi. — AP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070e6fc2937.jpg" alt="A visitor takes a picture with dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">A visitor takes a picture with dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070fab9eb7e.jpg" alt="Emirati women stand in front of a series of nine panels titled "Untitled I-IX" by American painter Cy Twombly, during the public opening day, in Abu Dhabi. — AP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Emirati women stand in front of a series of nine panels titled "Untitled I-IX" by American painter Cy Twombly, during the public opening day, in Abu Dhabi. — AP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside France, presents around 600 pieces in a modern, light-filled structure in harmony with its desert-island setting. </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070da7bacf9.jpg" alt="Emirati fishmen cast their nets near the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Emirati fishmen cast their nets near the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070e0e14024.jpg" alt="Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">More than a decade in the making, a VIP inauguration was held on Wednesday, with French President Emmanuel Macron among the first visitors. </p><p class="">Flagged as “the first universal museum in the Arab world”, it sits on the low-lying Saadiyat Island, a developing tourism and culture hub 500 metres off the coast of the UAE's capital. </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070fa85bfa1.jpg" alt="Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">Under a 30-year agreement, France provides expertise, loans works of art and organises temporary exhibitions, in return for one billion euros. </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a0710836368d.jpg" alt="Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a071031ce1b5.jpg" alt="Emirati traditional dancers perform at the entrance of the Louvre Museum, during the public opening day, in Abu Dhabi. — AP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Emirati traditional dancers perform at the entrance of the Louvre Museum, during the public opening day, in Abu Dhabi. — AP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">The Louvre in France takes a 400-million-euro share of that sum for the use of its name up to 2037. </p><p class="">For the next 10 years, the Paris museum will lend works to its Abu Dhabi partner on a voluntary basis, for a maximum of two years. </p><p class="">For its permanent collection, the museum has acquired hundreds of pieces, dating from the earliest Mesopotamian civilisations to the present day. </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a0710c9821ee.jpg" alt="Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">The vast project prides itself as “the first museum of its kind in the Arab world: a universal museum that focuses on shared human stories across civilisations and cultures”.</p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070f32097eb.jpg" alt="Visitors stand near the bronze sculpture, "Walking Man, On a Column" of Auguste Rodin, created in 2006 by Fonderie Coubertin, during the public opening day of the Louvre Museum, in Abu Dhabi. — AP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Visitors stand near the bronze sculpture, "Walking Man, On a Column" of Auguste Rodin, created in 2006 by Fonderie Coubertin, during the public opening day of the Louvre Museum, in Abu Dhabi. — AP</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><figure class="media one-whole palm--one-whole media--stretch "> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224164516im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/11/5a070dfc9dd28.jpg" alt="Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum. — AFP"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Dancers from the Malian Troupe Awa de Sangha perform during 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data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465611">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465611">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5465661"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Fakhruddin ahmed</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-11T21:39:04+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-11T21:39:04+05:00">Nov 11, 2017 09:39pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>UAE deserves all praises for this project. Congratulations Abu Dhabi. The price of using Louvre name is however very high as it was unnecessary. An Arabic name or any name from Islamic culture would have been more suitable. The museum is to be known for its contents not for its borrowed name.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465661">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465661">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5465755"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Ehsan</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-11T22:51:49+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-11T22:51:49+05:00">Nov 11, 2017 10:51pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>They couldn’t come with their own original name!!</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465755">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465755">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5465863"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Dr.Cajetan Coelho</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-12T00:39:37+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-12T00:39:37+05:00">Nov 12, 2017 12:39am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Nice pictures and a very fine initiative.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465863">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5465863">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5466333"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Reader</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-12T10:15:20+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-12T10:15:20+05:00">Nov 12, 2017 10:15am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>What a waste of money when there are so many in need of basic needs.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5466333">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5466333">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5466495"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Irfan</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-12T11:26:19+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-12T11:26:19+05:00">Nov 12, 2017 11:26am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Looks awesome .. way to go Abu Dhabi !!</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5466495">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5466495">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5467179"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Naim</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-12T17:40:33+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-12T17:40:33+05:00">Nov 12, 2017 05:40pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>The contents are also from the Louvre. For the present, one hopes.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5467179">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5467179">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5469014"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Khwarizmi</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-13T17:33:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-13T17:33:00+05:00">Nov 13, 2017 05:33pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>I hope Pakistan too can enlarge her museums with all the recovered artifacts from the Gandhara Civilization and Indus Civilization. Also, I miss a museum dedicated for the Delhi Empire and Mughal civilization.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5469014">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1369861/up-5469014">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5471513"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Siva D</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2017-11-14T21:48:46+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-11-14T21:48:46+05:00">Nov 14, 2017 09:48pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>This is how we should view the entire human civilization; of peoples making different, glorious and unique contributions to one shared human quilt. 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