The quarantine period in England will be reduced from 14 days to five days in a bid to boost air travel before Christmas.
Under a new "test and release" scheme to be introduced on December 15, travelers arriving into England from high-risk countries can cut their quarantine time if they test negative for COVID-19. The scheme requires arrivals traveling into England from countries not on the travel green list to self-isolate for five days and then take a single coronavirus test on the fifth day, which is paid for by the passenger and costs £100. The test has a fast turnaround time with results usually provided within an hour.
For forty years, Sfeir-Semler Gallery has served as a gateway between the Middle East and the global art world, shaping contemporary Arab discourse while amplifying voices that might otherwise be lost.
Once a place where sea, desert, and palm groves coexisted in rare harmony, Tunisia’s Gabès Oasis stands today as one of the world’s most fragile cultural-environmental sites. At its heart is artist Mohamed Amine Hamouda, whose ecological practice offers a form of resistance—one built on memory, materials, and a return to ancestral knowledge.
Set along the quiet coastline of Kalba, Of Land and Water unfolds as more than an exhibition—it becomes a meditation on everything that moves, settles, erodes, and transforms. Drawing from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection, the show assembles large-scale works that explore how land and sea shape identity, memory, and the fragile geographies we call home.