Organised by the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, the Sharjah light festival illuminates 19 locations across the emirate with light shows accompanied by music and other activities, telling stories and bringing together the community. On the last day of the festival, I ventured out to a few of the locations to capture some of the artistic vision.
Looking westwards over Khalid Lake.
The northerly view from Al Majaz waterfront.
Probably the most famous building during the Sharjah Light Festival, seen from Al Noor island.
This was the theme of the installation at the mosque this year.
A total of 19 locations take part in the festival, spread throughout the city and into the northern areas as well.
2020 was the 10th year of the festival.
The city has established itself as a cultural destination, with regular events, exhibitions, a number of musems and more.
The installation at the university city hall.
This installation allowed visitors to manipulate the building's illumination through gestures and changing colours, size and patterns.
No festival without a food truck part.
While the usual brands and concepts where present, local and homemade food stalls also took part.
The food track park was located at University City, which had 4 locations with light shows in and around the campus.
Probably the largest installation, with students from University of Sharjah presenting their daily routine of life in Sharjah through visuals and sound.
Emojis, smileys and other ideograms helped to tell the story.
Was the theme at the American University of Sharjah.
The show took visitors from Sharjah through each state of America.
Every state was represented by its key attributes and sights.
It takes a certain amount of power to illuminate buildings of this size from hundreds of metres away.