Dubai has gone hipster and it’s quickly transforming the emirate’s glitzy image

New arts areas are helping to overturn the stereotypes of the much maligned city, says Clare Vought. In a series of warehouses in an industrial area on the fringes of the city, a 159-seat independent performing arts space sits alongside galleries displaying local art; a café sells chia matcha smoothies, buckwheat granola and raw salad bowls; and an independent record store is proffering its own zine — the brainchild of a local DJ.