{"id":55020,"date":"2026-06-21T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=55020"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:16:16","slug":"al-dhaid-dates-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/al-dhaid-dates-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Dhaid Dates Festival Is Celebrating 10 Years this July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If dates are a summer staple in your home, there&#8217;s a four-day event in the UAE dedicated to them this July: <strong>Al Dhaid Dates Festival<\/strong>. The annual event returns to Expo Al Dhaid <strong>from July 23 to 26<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of palm farmers, date producers, and agricultural experts from around the UAE are expected to take part. Competitions will focus on some of the country&#8217;s best-known date varieties, including Khneizi, Khalas, and Shishi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2334162329.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2334162329.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2334162329-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2334162329-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2334162329-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the 10th edition of the festival, and the programme includes several special competitions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Locally grown lemons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red figs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s Home-Grown Date Harvest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children&#8217;s Ratb Al Kharaif Beauty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of local flavours, don&#8217;t miss <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/sharjah-just-launched-its-own-chocolate-brand-heres-what-it-tastes-like\/\">Qand, Sharjah&#8217;s new chocolate brand<\/a><\/strong> made with organic ingredients. The recipes use dates, fruits, honey, and milk from Mleiha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If dates are a summer staple in your home, there&#8217;s a four-day event in the UAE dedicated to them this July: Al Dhaid Dates Festival. The annual event returns to Expo Al Dhaid from July 23 to 26. Hundreds of palm farmers, date producers, and agricultural experts from around the UAE are expected to take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":24976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15500,"slug":"sharjah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/sharjah\/","api_id":3,"title":{"rendered":"Sharjah"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}