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Celebrating the Prophet’s birthday (PBUH)

Al Badr Festival

11- 25 September 2025

  • 15programme days
  • 6performances

The Festival

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, Al Bader Festival is launched from 11-25 September 2025 at the Fujairah Creative Center (the Ministry of Culture Centre in Fujairah) in celebration of the memory of the Prophet’s birth (Mawlid). Through its various activities, the festival focuses on the honorable biography of the Prophet and the concepts and values ​​related to it. It revives the cultural heritage of our society in religious celebrations preserved by memory and transmitted through generations. It also highlights Arab and Islamic arts through the accompanying exhibition and various workshops. The festival’s main objective is to consolidate the values ​​of Islam and recall the great prophetic biography, which contributes to the establishment of conscious generations that study the biography of the prophet and his values in order to make this world better and more peaceful.

The Al Badr Festival 2025 finale on a stage framed by the phases of the moon

The festival finale2025

Performances

Festival evenings

Arab Orient Choir

Lebanon

  • 11 September 2025
  • 8:30 PM

The Harmony Band

  • 11 September 2025
  • 8:30 PM

Lotfi Bouchnack Concert

  • 12 September 2025
  • 8:30 PM

Da’i Nada Acapella Group

Indonesia

  • 13 September 2025
  • 8:30 PM

Amestrdam Andalusian Orchestra

  • 19 September 2025
  • 8:30 PM

Ahlu Zamaan Band

Zanzibar

  • 20 September 2025
  • 8:30 PM

Programme

The daily programme

  1. 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Opening Ceremony: "Operetta of the Miracles of the Prophet PBUH" Al Badr Exhibition Opening
    Ministry of Culture Centre - Fujairah
  2. 10:30 AM – 10:00 PM
    Al Bader Exhibition
    Ministry of Culture Centre - Fujairah
  3. 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Kufic Calligraphy Workshop Sanaz Alborzi
    Al Bader School
  4. 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    The Harmony Band + Arab Orient Choir
    Theatre

Al Badr School

Workshops

Over the course of 2 weeks, Al Bader Festival will present 22 workshops in Arab and Islamic arts such as Arabic calligraphy, Islamic ornamentation, painting and printing., in addition to panel discussions and parenting workshops. The workshops are  presented by a group of the best artists and specialists in these fields.

  1. 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Principles of Restoring Paper Artifacts Reda Faraj
    Ministry of Culture Centre - Fujairah
  2. 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    Prophetic Story Younes Ali Dad
    Ministry of Culture Centre - Fujairah

Exhibitions

Art Exhibition

Visit the Al Bader Exhibition and explore the diverse Islamic arts showcased by the festival this year, from 11–25 September 2025. The exhibition includes:

 • Exhibition of the winning works of the Al Bader Award

• Al Burda Award Exhibition

• The Glow of Maqāmāt Exhibition

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