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- Huda Beauty Dubai Mall
Dubai-founded cosmetics brand launched in 2013 by Huda Kattan and sisters Mona and Alya, growing from a 2010 makeup blog into a global line best known for false lashes and matte lipsticks; sold in the region via Sephora's Dubai Mall counter. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Ahmed Al Maghribi Perfumes UAE (branches incl. Abu Dhabi)
Founded in Dubai in 2000 by Kafeel Ahmed, Ahmed Al Maghribi now runs more than 190 stores across the Gulf and beyond, producing oud, bakhoor, dehn al oud and oil attars alongside named fragrances such as Kaaf and Ignite Oud. store page → · open in the atlas → - AlGhadeer Emirati Crafts Al Ghadeer
AlGhadeer is an Emirati crafts social enterprise reviving traditional handwork, from Sadu weaving to Talli braiding and khoos palm-frond craft. Every piece is handmade by local Emirati artisan women. store page → · open in the atlas → - Fount Concept Store Abu Dhabi
Fount is an independent concept store in Abu Dhabi curating regional designers across fashion, homeware and lifestyle. Its shelves gather design from around the region under one roof. store page → · open in the atlas → - House of Artisans Al Hosn, Abu Dhabi
At the Qasr Al Hosn cultural site, House of Artisans works to keep Emirati handicrafts like Sadu, Khoos and Talli alive. Live demonstrations and workshops sit alongside a craft shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kulture House Villa 106, Jumeirah Beach Road / Online
Kulture House in Dubai — Regional jewellery, abayas and homegrown brands in a reimagined 1980s Jumeirah villa with café and pop-up exhibitions. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Level Shoes Dubai Mall
Dubai Mall’s 96,000-square-foot footwear destination — more than 250 designer names, restoration, styling and specialist services under one roof. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Ajmal Dubai, UAE
Ajmal is a Middle Eastern perfume house specializing in oud fragrances, attars and Arabian perfumery. The range centers on oud fragrances, attars and Arabian perfumery, with production described as crafted in Dubai using premium Middle Eastern raw materials. store page → · open in the atlas → - Al Nassma Dubai
Al Nassma makes chocolate from camel milk rather than cow's, moulding it into bars, praline caravan boxes and hollow camel figures. Produced in Dubai as the first camel-milk chocolate line of its kind, it flavours several editions with honey and Arabian spices. store page → · open in the atlas → - Aljoud Lootah Design Studio Dubai Design District
Run by Emirati designer Aljoud Lootah from Dubai Design District, this studio makes furniture, lighting, objects and jewellery drawn from Emirati craft traditions. Pieces are produced as limited editions and bespoke commissions rather than mass retail. store page → · open in the atlas → - amongst few Dubai
Dubai streetwear label and store founded in 2014 by Mike Taylor, Flo Moser and Emirati partner Khalid; opened Dubai's first dedicated sneaker boutique in December 2015 and a two-story Jumeirah flagship combining store, cafe and barbershop in 2021. store page → · open in the atlas → - Anvar Luxury Deira Gold Souk
This Deira Gold Souk jeweller sells 22- and 24-karat gold chains, bangles and pendants along with diamonds and gold bars, and charges no making fee on its pieces. Family-run for more than a decade, it trades as a single storefront in the souk rather than a mall chain. store page → · open in the atlas → - Art of Guitar The Courtyard, Al Quoz
Vintage and high-end guitar dealer in Dubai's Al Quoz Courtyard, stocking rare guitars, amps and pedals alongside Custom Shop Fender and Gibson instruments; runs an in-house luthier workshop and guitar-building classes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Assembly Vintage Al Quoz Industrial Area 1, Dubai
A vintage furniture store selling mid-century seating, tables, lighting, rugs, art, and decorative objects sourced internationally. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ayyam Gallery United Arab Emirates
Ayyam Gallery occupies Warehouse #11 at Alserkal Avenue in Dubai’s Al Quoz Industrial district, representing contemporary artists from the Middle East and beyond since its founding in 2006. Alongside exhibitions and art-fair presentations, its online viewing room and store let collectors browse and purchase work beyond the physical gallery as part of its continuing commercial program. store page → · open in the atlas → - Back to Games Times Square Center, Al Quoz, Dubai
A specialist tabletop retailer selling board games, card games, role-playing games, miniatures, puzzles, painting supplies, dice, and gaming accessories. The shop runs in-store events and supports tabletop gaming communities. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bloomingdale's Dubai Dubai Mall
The first Bloomingdale's outside the United States, opened February 1, 2010 inside The Dubai Mall. Operated under license by Al Tayer Insignia (Al Tayer Group) rather than by Macy's, Inc. directly, spanning a three-level, 146,000 sq ft apparel and accessories store plus a separate one-level home store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Blumi Al Quoz
African-inspired concept store and café in Dubai's Al Quoz warehouse district, founded by Nomi; sells fashion made from Nigerian-sourced fabric alongside handcrafted home decor and art sourced directly from Africa. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bouguessa Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Bouguessa is a Dubai-based luxury womenswear label known for architectural, sculptural silhouettes designed for timeless, everyday elegance. Its flagship online store, run from the brand's atelier at Dubai Design District, sells full seasonal collections from co-ords to outerwear alongside a dedicated UAE storefront. store page → · open in the atlas → - Boxpark Al Wasl
Shipping-container retail and dining destination developed by Meraas along roughly 1.5km of Al Wasl Road, Dubai. Opened in 2015 using over 200 converted containers, housing about 45 independent shops, cafes and restaurants plus a Roxy Cinema. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cole & Cinder Al Quoz Industrial Area 3, Dubai
An appointment-only ceramics studio selling handmade coiled vases, tableware, candleholders, and home objects produced in Dubai. Ceramicist Nicole Farrelly founded the studio. Established 2019. store page → · open in the atlas → - Comptoir 102 Jumeirah
Comptoir 102 is an organic café and concept store, offering healthy food, sustainable fashion, and holistic wellness. store page → · open in the atlas → - Creed Boutique Dubai Dubai Mall
Creed boutique at Dubai Mall; the house traces to London in 1760 under James Henry Creed, is now Anglo-French and Paris-based, and is best known for its top-selling fragrance, Aventus. store page → · open in the atlas → - Deepa's Textiles Al Satwa
For more than three decades this Satwa shop has sold suiting and shirting wool, Irish linen, Japanese crepes, pure silks and dishdasha cloth, with in-house tailoring. It stocks fabrics from mills such as Vitale Barberis Canonico and Cerruti and collects and delivers with each order. store page → · open in the atlas → - Digg It Al Quoz Industrial Area, Dubai
A vintage and thrift clothing shop selling retro sportswear, denim, varsity jackets, dresses, T-shirts, and accessories. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dior Dubai Dubai Mall
Dior Dubai is a French luxury maison, offering fashion, leather goods, and fragrance. store page → · open in the atlas → - Forrey & Galland Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Forrey & Galland has crafted chocolates in the Belle Epoque tradition since 1912, when its ateliers first opened on Paris's Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore. Today the maison operates from The Dubai Mall with same-day delivery, click-and-collect, and a menu spanning macarons, chocolates, dates, and the signature Galland'Or gift boxes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Gafla Jewellery Dubai
An Emirati fine-jewelry house founded in Dubai in 2010 by Hamad Bin Shaiban Al Mheiri and Abdulla Beljafla; its Bahar collection in gold, diamonds, pearls and coral is built around the Gulf's historic pearl-diving heritage. store page → · open in the atlas → - Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Gallery Isabelle operates from Unit 17 in Dubai's Alserkal Avenue arts district, representing artists such as Hassan Sharif, Mohammed Kazem, and Raed Yassin. The gallery mounts rotating exhibitions and viewing rooms and is open Monday through Saturday for in-person visits and sales. store page → · open in the atlas → - Green Art Gallery Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Green Art Gallery opened as a salon d'art in a Jumeirah villa in 1995 and now operates from Unit 28 in Dubai's Alserkal Avenue, representing a multi-generational roster of artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. The women-led gallery mounts rotating exhibitions and is open Monday to Saturday for visits and sales. store page → · open in the atlas → - Grey Noise Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Grey Noise runs from Unit 24 on Alserkal Avenue's Street 8 in Dubai's Al Quoz district, showing a rotating program of present, future, and past exhibitions from its represented artists. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday for in-person visits. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hanayen Dubai
Founded in Dubai in 1990, Hanayen manufactures abayas and traditional garments in-house with more than a hundred craftspeople, combining machine tailoring with hand embroidery. Its workshops produce modest wear for the UAE and the wider Gulf. store page → · open in the atlas → - KAVE – The Story of Things Alserkal Avenue
Dubai community space combining upcycled café, repair workshops, fair-trade shop and cultural venue. Dog-friendly with locally-sourced, organic menu and salvaged materials. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kayali Fragrances Dubai Mall
Kayali builds layered fragrances around vanilla, musk, fruit, florals and oud-influenced accords. The Dubai Mall counter is useful for testing combinations, since the brand explicitly encourages wearing several scents together. store page → · open in the atlas → - La Brocante Al Quoz Industrial Area 4, Dubai
A warehouse shop buying and selling vintage, retro, antique, and pre-owned furniture, lighting, crockery, posters, clocks, and decorative objects. The business also repairs, restores, rents, and trades furniture. Established 2020. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lattafa Dubai / Online
The people's oud — affordable interpretations of luxury niche scents, with Arabian twists on Western bestsellers. The gateway to Middle Eastern perfumery. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lattafa Perfumes Dubai, UAE
The official US shop includes an authentication label guide for checking packaging before purchase. Orders ship from its American warehouse, while the catalogue spans women’s, men’s and unisex eau de parfum. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lawrie Shabibi Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Lawrie Shabibi is a contemporary art gallery in Dubai's Alserkal Avenue warehouse district, founded in 2011 by William Lawrie and Asmaa Al-Shabibi and focused on emerging and historic Middle Eastern and North African artists. It runs its own Shopify-based store for editions and publications, and has placed works with institutions including the Guggenheim, Tate Modern, and LACMA. store page → · open in the atlas → - Magrudy’s Jumeirah 1, Dubai
A family-run Dubai bookseller carrying books, educational toys, stationery, arts-and-crafts supplies, gifts, and school materials. The company began trading in 1975, and its official history describes Jumeirah as its spiritual home. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mercato Mall Jumeirah
Opened in October 2002 on Jumeirah Beach Road, this Al Zarooni Group development was designed by architect Daniele Morelli around an Italian Renaissance theme evoking Florence, Venice and Pisa — the first themed shopping mall built in the UAE, with about 140 stores across 247,000 square feet. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mirzam Chocolate Makers Al Quoz 3, Dubai
A bean-to-bar chocolate factory and retail store that roasts, grinds, tempers, molds, and packages chocolate under one roof. The factory uses cocoa sourced from origins associated with the historic maritime Spice Route. store page → · open in the atlas → - Museum of the Future Shop Dubai / United Arab Emirates
The gift shop of Dubai's Museum of the Future sells souvenirs tied to the building's exhibits, organized into lines like O.S.S. Hope, Al Waha, and Future Heroes covering toys, stationery, and apparel. It operates both inside the museum, which sits next to Jumeirah Emirates Towers, and as a full online store with its own direct online ordering and account system. store page → · open in the atlas → - N.I.C Carpets Souk Madinat Jumeirah
N.I.C Carpets deals in handmade Persian and Oriental rugs in silk, wool and cotton, with showrooms at Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Souk Al Bahar and Al Barsha. It offers home trials, custom weaving and interior consultations alongside its stock of traditional and contemporary pieces. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nabeel Perfumes Sharjah / United Arab Emirates
Nabeel was founded in Yemen in 1969 by Asghar Adam Ali Al Attar, and moved its manufacturing to the UAE in 1992 with a factory in Sharjah; within five years the company had opened five outlets across Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi. store page → · open in the atlas → - o'de rose Al Wasl
Set in a villa at 999 Al Wasl Road in Umm Suqeim, o'de rose is a concept store gathering apparel, jewellery, furniture and homeware from Middle Eastern and regional artisans. Founded to support regional and disadvantaged makers, it pairs Arabic craft traditions with contemporary design. store page → · open in the atlas → - Pens Corner Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Middle East pen retail beyond general marketplaces is thin, but Pens Corner in Dubai is a genuine, directly verifiable exception. store page → · open in the atlas → - Perfume Souk Deira
Dubai’s Perfume Souk is a cluster of traders selling oud, attar, bakhoor and custom-blended fragrances. It is a market area rather than one merchant, and quality varies by individual seller. store page → · open in the atlas → - Pride of Kashmir Al Quoz
Run by the Shah family, who have traded Kashmiri art for around 150 years, this Al Quoz showroom sells hand-knotted carpets, pashmina and cashmere shawls, and embroidered clothing. Persian, Kashmiri, Turkish and Afghan rugs sit alongside kaftans, jackets and abayas sourced from the region. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rami Al Ali Dubai / United Arab Emirates / Online
Rami Al Ali's online atelier showcases the Dubai-based couturier's ready-to-wear, bridal, and evening collections, from the White bridal series to the Autumn Winter 2027 line. Orders ship worldwide with complimentary delivery, and clients can book a private or virtual styling appointment through the site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rasasi Dubai, UAE
A Dubai-based perfume house founded in 1979 that offers exceptional Middle Eastern fragrances at accessible prices. store page → · open in the atlas → - RAW Coffee Company Al Quoz
Dubai-founded specialty roaster launched by Kim in 2007, joined later by co-founder Matt as equal partners. RAW roasts direct-traded beans at its Al Quoz warehouse and pours them at its own daily café. store page → · open in the atlas → - Raw Music Store Al Quoz
Vinyl and hi-fi shop in a warehouse unit in Dubai's Al Quoz Industrial 1 district, stocking used and new records across genres plus turntables and audio gear; an authorized dealer for British loudspeaker maker ATC. store page → · open in the atlas → - Seven Fortunes Coffee Roasters Al Quoz
Founded in 2015 by Kareem Hassan, Seven Fortunes roasts single-origin lots from Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Peru and Guatemala. It runs cafés across both the UAE and Egypt. store page → · open in the atlas → - Shaikh Saeed Perfumes Deira
Founded in 1954 by Shaikh Mohd Saeed as one of the first perfume shops in Dubai's Deira souq, Shaikh Saeed Perfumes still manufactures its own oud attars, bakhoor and dukhoon incense, with pieces held in the Dubai Museum. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sharjah Art Foundation Shop Sharjah / United Arab Emirates
The Sharjah Art Foundation Shop sells art publications, Sharjah-focused books, and exclusive gifts inspired by the Foundation's exhibitions from its stores at Al Mureijah Art Spaces and Rain Room. A full e-commerce shop offers international shipping alongside the physical locations. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sougha Abu Dhabi
Sougha, a social initiative of the Khalifa Fund, turns Sadu, Talli and palm-frond techniques into contemporary homeware, accessories and gifts. The pieces are woven and braided by Emirati craftswomen. store page → · open in the atlas → - Stick No Bills 35 Church Street, Galle Fort
Stick No Bills began in Galle Fort and now runs galleries there and in Dubai and Barcelona, selling authorised, museum-grade fine-art prints and vintage-style travel posters. Its Church Street gallery specialises in Ceylon and Sri Lankan destination imagery. store page → · open in the atlas → - Swiss Arabian Dubai, UAE
Founded in 1974 in Dubai, Swiss Arabian was the first perfumery house to blend Western and Oriental fragrance traditions. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tamashee Al Seef, Bur Dubai
A UAE-founded sandal and footwear brand drawing on Arabian Peninsula traditions. Established 2013. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Camel Soap Factory Dubai
The Camel Soap Factory makes cold-process and milled soaps, creams and balms using camel milk together with Omani frankincense and essential oils. Everything is produced in the UAE, cruelty-free, and sold as skincare and heritage-scented gifting. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Edit Palm Jumeirah Mall
A women-founded concept store established in 2018 by Dubai entrepreneur Rumana Nazim, The Edit curates fashion, jewelry, homeware and beauty from independent and women-founded labels alongside a matcha bar, based in Alserkal Avenue. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Flip Side Alserkal Avenue
Independent vinyl record shop opened in Dubai's Alserkal Avenue in May 2017 by DJ and producer Shadi Megallaa; stocks new and secondhand electronic, jazz, hip-hop, soul and reggae records and runs a DJ course on-site. store page → · open in the atlas → - The One Multiple
UAE furniture and home-decor chain founded 1996 in Abu Dhabi by Swedish entrepreneur Thomas Lundgren, staging seasonal in-store home-fashion shows; now roughly 31 stores across the Middle East. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Third Line Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Founded in 2005 on Dubai's Alserkal Avenue, The Third Line represents contemporary artists from the Gulf region and its diaspora, including Farah Al Qasimi, Hassan Hajjaj, and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. The gallery welcomes visitors daily from 11am to 7pm to view and acquire work through its exhibitions and viewing rooms. store page → · open in the atlas → - Villa 515 Perfumery Jumeirah
Jumeirah perfumery opened in 2013, conceived by Dhaher bin Dhaher with Alessandro Gualtieri, founder of niche houses Nasomatto and Orto Parisi, blending Arabic and Italian fragrance traditions. store page → · open in the atlas → - World of Dates Al Mamzar
Working from Al Mamzar, World of Dates supplies varieties including Ajwa, Medjool, Mabroom and Sukkari alongside sidr honey, dried fruit and nuts. It assembles gift hampers and corporate boxes and delivers across the emirates. store page → · open in the atlas → - Zerzura Rare Books Alserkal Avenue
The UAE's first dedicated rare-book dealer, trading from a shop at Alserkal Avenue's Al Quoz arts district in Dubai since 2022; stock focuses on modern first editions and books on the Middle East and Arabia, sold in person and via Instagram/WhatsApp. store page → · open in the atlas →