UAE: 10 years in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi set to open November 9, 2017 by shameen UAE’s Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L) greets Bahrain’s King Hamed bin Isa Al-Khalifa at the entrance of the the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum on November 8, 2017 during its inauguration on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital. AFP UAE’s Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L) greets Bahrain’s King Hamed bin Isa Al-Khalifa at the entrance of the the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum on November 8, 2017 during its inauguration on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital. More than a decade in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi is opening its doors bringing the famed name to the Arab world for the first time. AFP UAE French architect Jean Nouvel (C) poses for a photo with workers from the museum during the inauguration of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital on November 8, 2017. AFP Images are projected onto the Louvre Pyramid in Paris at night on November 8, 2017 to mark the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital. More than a decade in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi opened its doors on November 8, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Eric FEFERBERG Images are projected onto the Louvre Pyramid in Paris at night on November 8, 2017 to mark the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital.AFP