Christie's has unveiled additional highlights for MAWASIM, the landmark live auction that will be the first sale of fine art it has ever staged in Abu Dhabi. Scheduled for 1 November 2026 at The Abu Dhabi EDITION, the sale assembles more than 70 works spanning over six decades of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art. The title, the Arabic word for seasons, marks what the house describes as a new season for its activity in the region. The auction coincides with two decades since Christie's became the first international auction house to conduct a sale in the UAE, when it held its landmark Dubai debut in 2006. Since then, the Middle Eastern collecting category has matured into a global market, supported by institutions, galleries and private collections across the Gulf and the wider Arab world. Christie's says the sale draws on prestigious sources including the Dalloul Collection in Beirut and the Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah, whose collecting work has helped preserve and promote Arab art internationally. Works announced for the sale range across generations and countries, from Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon to Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine, Syria, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Announced highlights include Inka Dinka Doo (2013) by Lebanese artist Nabil Nahas, Paul Guiragossian's Noces (Wedding) of 1958–59 from the Farid Trad Collection, estimated at $300,000–500,000, and Samia Halaby's Yesterday (1978), a geometric abstraction from the Palestinian-American painter's celebrated 1970s period, estimated at $200,000–300,000. Other lots include Mohamed Melehi's near-monochrome A30 (1962) from the Moroccan artist's early 'black works' phase, Nadia Saikali's deep-blue Mandala Bleu Nuit (1982) from the Barjeel Art Foundation, Marwan Kassab-Bachi's layered Kopf (Head) (1987), and one of Egyptian modernist Inji Efflatoun's final works, an Untitled canvas of 1987 from the Dalloul Collection. The sale underlines how quickly the Middle Eastern market is becoming a destination in its own right rather than a feeder for London or New York rooms.