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Created: 08 September 2014

'My people in the Arab world deserve to see my acts… they are my focus more than me going to Las Vegas'

The UAE's best-known magician and illusionist Moein Al Bastaki has new tricks up his sleeve... But don't get too close to him - he can and will read your mind. Since he made the Burj Khalifa vanish and famous Arab celebrities fly, Moein has been busy working on new acts. "I'm going to try this new one on you before anyone else, if that's ok with you" he says. The 34-year old Emirati hands me an empty glass jug and asks me to hold it mid-air inside another glass container, to demonstrate his latest trick.
The controversial performer, who left me spellbound after his latest trick, is definitely not a sorcerer, but convincing others is harder than it seems.

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Created: 30 July 2014

DUBAI // Moein Al Bastaki was not aware of the controversy that becoming a magician would bring to his life.

But Al Bastaki, 34, is adamant he can change the perceptions of magic and illusions among Gulf Arabs.

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Created: 07 March 2014