ARTS AND CULTURE

Omer Adam

Musician

Israeli pop star Omer Adam spent the Simchat Torah holiday in Dubai, in a colorful sign of the warming ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The American-Israeli superstar, whose music fuses elements of eastern and Western pop instrumentation, was hosted at the home of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and celebrated the holiday with the local Jewish community. “I chose to be in this dream place and meet wonderful people who love the Israeli people,” an emotional Adam declared during his visit. “I’m proud to be an ambassador of music and art in the Emirates, a place where there’s hope for a better world, without wars, and without terror in a magical place that has only joy, and human love.” (Photo: Wikimedia / Creative Commons License)