As the new year approaches, the Middle Eastern culture calendar is filled with fashion, photography and modern art.

Dressing up: The Holon Design Museum in Tel Aviv has just launched an exhibition that takes the concept of Franco-Israeli haute couture to new heights. The show, “Je t’Aime, Ronit Elkabetz,” looks at more than 500 pieces of apparel, including an array of corsets and undergarments, that belonged to the Israeli and international screen icon. The exhibition reveals Elkabetz to have been a woman of capricious, uncompromising chic with a cheeky ability to play with fashion. Elkabetz’s incredible wardrobe and unique taste are on display until April 30.

Meanwhile, the annual Dubai Modest Fashion Week is scheduled for Dec. 8-9, bringing to the catwalk the creations of some two dozen designers who (mostly) adhere to Islamic standards for women's attire. The event also features a special showing for fashion bloggers.

The ninth edition of the Cairo Fashion Festival is now in the rearview mirror, held Nov. 22, but there's more fashion ahead, this time with a photographic angle. On Dec. 15 in the Egyptian capital, Sherif Elbouhy will discuss what it means to be a fashion photographer. The evening event, “Obsession: A Fashion Photography Talk,” is organized by Photopia and will be held at its photographers' hub in Heliopolis. Photopia's program this month also includes the workshop “Art Direction and Image Making in Fashion,” scheduled for Dec. 18-22.