How to plan a UAE National Day (Eid Al Etihad) event in Dubai: a timeline back from 2 December, design within the official brand guidelines, stage and setup, flags and printing, and same-day photography, all from one team.
Eid Al Etihad, the UAE National Day on 2 December, is the one date in the year when almost every company in the country celebrates at the same time. Offices, schools, malls, hotels and government entities all want flags up, a branded backdrop, an event their people remember and photos they can publish the same day. That demand lands on the same printers, stage builders and photographers in the same two weeks. Naqsh Media runs the whole thing with one in-house team: design, event production, printing, and photography and video. One brief, one timeline, one invoice.
The date never moves, so the schedule is simple to build and costly to ignore. This is the timeline we work to for corporate National Day events in Dubai:
A good National Day design celebrates the UAE first and the company second. We build a key visual that works on everything from a 6-metre backdrop to an Instagram story, then roll it out across the stage, entrance, photo wall, printed items and social media.
If you use the official Eid Al Etihad identity, the national brand guidelines apply. They are published on eidaletihad.ae and set out the approved logo versions, typefaces and colour palettes. The main rules we follow:
We check every artwork against these rules before it goes to print, so nothing has to be reprinted the week of the event.
From a 30-minute office celebration to a full evening for staff and families, the production covers:
Stage, sound, LED and lighting come from our own event equipment rental stock, so availability in the busiest week of the year is in our hands, not a third party's.
Printing is where National Day projects usually go wrong: late artwork, the wrong size, faded colours, or flags that arrive the morning of the event. Everything we print is produced in-house in Ras Al Khor, Dubai, with a proof before anything goes to press. Typical items:
A National Day event is also a content day. Your team will want photos on LinkedIn and Instagram before the event is over, and a short film for internal channels afterwards. Our photographers and videographers cover arrivals, speeches, the anthem, group photos, activities and details, and we deliver a first selection of edited photos on the day, with the full gallery and a highlight video to follow. Drone coverage is available for outdoor venues where permitted.
Many companies pair the event with a gift for staff or clients: branded notebooks and pens, water bottles, scarves, pins and gift sets in the national colours. Our corporate gifts team brands and packs them in-house, so they can be delivered with the event setup.
When the designer, printer, stage builder and photographer are four companies, every change costs a day and every mistake is someone else's. With Naqsh Media they are one team working from one approved design, which is how a National Day project stays on schedule in the busiest two weeks of the year. We have been producing events, print and video in Dubai since 2013.
Ideally by mid-October. Designs should be approved by late October and flags ordered before Flag Day on 3 November. Late requests are still possible, but choice of equipment and print options narrows as December approaches.
Yes, following the national brand guidelines published on eidaletihad.ae: approved versions and co-branding lockups only, no distortion, recolouring or merging with other logos.
Either. Some clients order flags and backdrops only; others hand us the full event from design to photography. The price depends on scope; event management projects start from AED 40,000, and print-only orders are quoted per item.
Yes. We deliver and install flags, wall graphics, backdrops and décor across Dubai and the UAE, usually in the last week of November.
A first selection of edited photos on the same day for social media, and the full gallery and highlight video afterwards.
Send the date, venue, guest numbers and what you need (design, printing, event setup, photography). Contact Naqsh Media or message us on WhatsApp at +971 50 884 8836.
