Alserkal Avenue Creative Hub

Cinema Akil sits inside a repurposed industrial warehouse, its entrance defined by a collection of vintage movie posters plastered across deep red walls. Founded by Butheina Kazim in two thousand fourteen, the space began as a nomadic…

CHI-KA occupies a space in Alserkal Avenue, a district known for its industrial warehouses repurposed into galleries and creative studios. The storefront is identified by its minimalist aesthetic and an emblem depicting a crane, a Japanese…

The Flip Side is a small record shop tucked into unit seventy-one of Alserkal Avenue. Established in May twenty-seventeen by Egyptian-born DJ and producer Shadi Megallaa, it remains the only independent vinyl record store in the United…

The Courtyard is marked by two unassuming gates facing the street, revealing an inner complex of ten buildings connected by cobbled walkways and lush foliage. This cultural hub contrasts with the surrounding industrial landscape of Al…

Green Art Gallery is housed within unit twenty-eight of Alserkal Avenue, a district defined by its repurposed industrial warehouses. The gallery identifies itself through a glass-fronted entrance that reveals a minimalist, expansive…

Kave, The Story of Things, occupies warehouse twenty within Alserkal Avenue. You can pick it out by its interior, which is built almost entirely from reclaimed wood and filled with repurposed items, from vintage bicycles to cigar-box…

Zawyeh Gallery occupies a warehouse space numbered twenty-seven within Alserkal Avenue. It functions as a contemporary art space dedicated to showcasing Palestinian artists, both those working within Palestine and those in the diaspora.

Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters and Bakehouse occupies warehouse fifteen in Alserkal Avenue, a sprawling arts complex in the Al Quoz industrial area of Dubai. The building houses a five-thousand-square-foot production space and café…