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‘It Must Be Heaven’: Elia Suleiman’s sardonic take on the world
DUBAI: Hollywood actress Elle Fanning, the star of Disney’s latest fairytale flick “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” just posed for a photoshoot in an ethereal gown by Lebanese designer Reem Acra. The star posed alongside Angelina Jolie for People magazine wearing a blush gown by the designer. In the series of playful images, Fanning wears a…
Elle Fanning poses in fairytale Reem Acra gown
MUMBAI: Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven,” which was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival, is pure cinema. Like his earlier works, here too the Palestinian director uses wit, sarcasm and minimalism, this time to present a series of vignettes that are funny but also a powerful lambast of the world we live in. Suleiman,…
Mazen Maarouf brings magical realism to the darkness of war
MUMBAI: Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven,” which was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival, is pure cinema. Like his earlier works, here too the Palestinian director uses wit, sarcasm and minimalism, this time to present a series of vignettes that are funny but also a powerful lambast of the world we live in. Suleiman,…
Sterling, Mbappe light up Champions League with hat-tricks while Spurs claim key win
KUWAIT: The Saudi fencing team finished third in the foil contest at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Women’s Games in Kuwait on Tuesday. The team was represented by Lin Al-Fawzan, Sarah Al-Salmi, Aseel Halawani and Nada Abed. The team concludes its participation in the tournament on Wednesday with the participation of Fawzia Al-Dosari, Sheikha Al-Dosari, Hasna…
Saudi team wins third spot in fencing contest GCC Women’s Games
Sterling, Mbappe light up Champions League with hat-tricks while Spurs claim key win PARIS: Raheem Sterling and Kylian Mbappe both scored second-half hat-tricks in UEFA Champions League action on Tuesday as Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur all recorded big victories.Juventus, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich labored to wins on a night which brought…
Al Hilal overcome Xavi’s Al Sadd to reach AFC final
Sterling, Mbappe light up Champions League with hat-tricks while Spurs claim key win PARIS: Raheem Sterling and Kylian Mbappe both scored second-half hat-tricks in UEFA Champions League action on Tuesday as Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur all recorded big victories.Juventus, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich labored to wins on a night which brought…
Saudi Arabia promotes investment opportunities with Japan’s business leaders
Minister confident of progress in ties as Saudi-Japan Business Forum kicks off in Tokyo The bilateral economic and commercial ties and agreements between Saudi Arabia and Japan are progressing well, Saudi economy and planning minister Mohammed Al-Tuweijiri said on Wednesday. Tuwaijri was speaking at the Saudi-Japan Vision Business Forum taking place in Tokyo. He said…
Minister confident of progress in ties as Saudi-Japan Business Forum kicks off in Tokyo
Most Gulf stock markets moved marginally amid falling oil prices on Wednesday, while Egypt’s blue-chip index declined, led by property shares. DUBAI: Oil prices slipped toward $59 a barrel on data showing a bigger-than-expected rise in US crude stocks, while the prospect of deeper output cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)…
Founder of troubled Metro Bank steps down early as chairman
Most Gulf stock markets moved marginally amid falling oil prices on Wednesday, while Egypt’s blue-chip index declined, led by property shares. DUBAI: Oil prices slipped toward $59 a barrel on data showing a bigger-than-expected rise in US crude stocks, while the prospect of deeper output cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)…
Asylum-seeking Iranian beauty queen still in custody at Manila airport
TIRANA: Albanian police said Wednesday they had thwarted a planned attack by a Tehran-backed “terrorist cell” against opponents of the Tehran regime in the Balkan country last year. In a statement, police said the group belonged to the elite Quds force which runs foreign operations for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This cell “had planned, among…
Albanian police say they foiled Iranian ‘terrorist’ plot
TIRANA: Albanian police said Wednesday they had thwarted a planned attack by a Tehran-backed “terrorist cell” against opponents of the Tehran regime in the Balkan country last year. In a statement, police said the group belonged to the elite Quds force which runs foreign operations for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This cell “had planned, among…
Greece: Migrant child killed in boat collision
MANILA: An Iranian beauty queen seeking asylum in the Philippines remains incarcerated at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport almost a week after she was barred from entering the southeast Asian country due to an Interpol red notice.Bahareh Zare Bahari, Iran’s representative to the 2018 Miss Intercontinental pageant, was arrested at the airport last Thursday following…
Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani tenders his resignation
LONDON: In common with millions of other Lebanese living abroad, London restaurateur Moufid Shamms is unable to send cash back to support his family — in his case daughters studying at school.Banks back home have remained shut for five working days as hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister…
London’s Lebanese sympathize with protests, struggle to send money
LONDON: In common with millions of other Lebanese living abroad, London restaurateur Moufid Shamms is unable to send cash back to support his family — in his case daughters studying at school.Banks back home have remained shut for five working days as hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister…
Revealed: How Iran led brutal suppression of Baghdad protests
BAGHDAD: The toll of dead and injured in protests this month in Iraq was so high because security services used “excessive force” and live ammunition without official authority, a damning report on the demonstrations has concluded. At least 150 were killed and more than 7,000 injured in six days of protests in Baghdad and eight…
King Salman receives Kuwaiti deputy PM
RIYADH: The minister of culture, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, on Tuesday, adopted a plan to establish the Institute of Traditional Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts.The institute will begin receiving applications for the fall of 2020, targeting 1,000 students and trainees in long- and short-term programs.The Institute of Traditional Arts aims to…
Plan approved to establish Institute of Traditional Arts in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia appointed Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Faisal foreign minister and Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser transport minister, according to royal decrees published by Saudi Press agency on Wednesday. Amongst the other decrees, Saleh Mohammed Al-Othaim was appointed deputy head of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, whilst Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi was appointed head of the Saudi Data…
Saudi Arabia to host OIC event on water
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia appointed Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Faisal foreign minister and Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser transport minister, according to royal decrees published by Saudi Press agency on Wednesday. Amongst the other decrees, Saleh Mohammed Al-Othaim was appointed deputy head of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, whilst Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi was appointed head of the Saudi Data…
Watch: Final ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ trailer released online
DUBAI: Social media darling, model and queen of sassy clap backs on Twitter, Chrissy Teigen took to Instagram late on Monday to show off her latest kitchenware product, which was inspired by a trip to Morocco. The model has a cookware range with US retailer Target called the “Cravings by Chrissy Teigen” collection and she…
