ABU DHABI: Cancer of the breas remains the most common form of the disease among women despite major advances in treatment coupled with improved screening and awareness campaigns. Rates of the disease are increasing in nearly every region globally as aging populations and factors such as obesity take their toll. In 2018, more than 2…
ABU DHABI: Cancer of the breas remains the most common form of the disease among women despite major advances in treatment coupled with improved screening and awareness campaigns. Rates of the disease are increasing in nearly every region globally as aging populations and factors such as obesity take their toll. In 2018, more than 2…
ABU DHABI: Breast cancer remains the most common form of the disease among women despite major advances in treatment coupled with improved screening and awareness campaigns. Rates of the disease are increasing in nearly every region globally as aging populations and factors such as obesity take their toll. In 2018, more than 2 million new…
Saving America’s Cities is a thoroughly researched biography/history of Ed Logue, a prominent leader in urban renewal and redevelopment. In Saving America’s Cities, the prizewinning historian Lizabeth Cohen follows the career of Logue, whose shifting approach to the urban crisis tracked the changing balance between government-funded public programs and private interests that would culminate in…
Are the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Historian Susan Mattern says yes, and The Slow Moon Climbs reveals just how wrong we have been. Taking readers from the rainforests of Paraguay to the streets of Tokyo, Mattern draws on historical, scientific, and cultural research to reveal how our perceptions of menopause developed from…
Are the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Historian Susan Mattern says yes, and The Slow Moon Climbs reveals just how wrong we have been. Taking readers from the rainforests of Paraguay to the streets of Tokyo, Mattern draws on historical, scientific, and cultural research to reveal how our perceptions of menopause developed from…
DUBAI: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Riyadh on Monday in his first visit since 2007, and was welcomed to Al-Yamamah Palace by Saudi King Salman as well as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Russian president sat down to a sumptuous lunch banquet after being welcomed off his plane at King Khalid International Airport…
DUBAI: Twitter users poked fun at US reality television star Kourtney Kardashian’s “Armenian playlist,” which she shared on her website Poosh.com earlier this week, over its mostly Arab music. Kourtney visited the country with her sister Kim Kardashian, who baptized her children during a visit to their ancestral homeland, Armenia. After the visit, the reality…
DUBAI: Twitter users poked fun at US reality television star Kourtney Kardashian’s “Armenian playlist,” which she shared on her website Poosh.com earlier this week, over its mostly Arab music. Kourtney visited the country with her sister Kim Kardashian, who baptized her children during a visit to their ancestral homeland, Armenia. After the visit, the reality…
CHENNAI: Director Shonali Bose may well be termed the “mistress of misery.” Her characters, invariably women, have been suffering souls. Whether it be in “Amu,” set in the aftermath of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, or “Margarita with a Straw” and its story of a teenager with cerebral palsy, Bose’s protagonists have been largely unhappy. Her…
CHENNAI: Director Shonali Bose may well be termed the “mistress of misery.” Her characters, invariably women, have been suffering souls. Whether it be in “Amu,” set in the aftermath of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, or “Margarita with a Straw” and its story of a teenager with cerebral palsy, Bose’s protagonists have been largely unhappy. Her…
CHENNAI: Director Shonali Bose may well be termed the “mistress of misery.” Her characters, invariably women, have been suffering souls. Whether it be in “Amu,” set in the aftermath of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, or “Margarita with a Straw” and its story of a teenager with cerebral palsy, Bose’s protagonists have been largely unhappy. Her…
Author: Kate Pickert This book from Kate Pickert is a thorough review of large breakthroughs in breast cancer research.“Breast cancer is emotional,” Pickert writes. “And then she reveals how physicians, pharmaceutical companies and even patient advocacy groups have tapped into those emotions to prevent patients from making informed decisions about screening and treatment,” said Pauline…
Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this…
DUBAI: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who was recently unveiled as the star of a new advertising campaign for Hala KSA, spoke to Arab News about her childhood in Bahrain and her love for the people of the Middle East. The Sri Lankan-born model and actress, who was also just announced as the brand ambassador for high…
DUBAI: Misha’l Eskander always wears his white thobe whenever he goes on stage. “It’s part of the routine,” he says — a deliberate performance element, as he tries to use comedy to shatter stereotypes about being a Saudi. “I want people to see that I am from Saudi Arabia, that I am from that culture, but…
DUBAI: Misha’l Eskander always wears his white thobe whenever he goes on stage. “It’s part of the routine,” he says — a deliberate performance element, as he tries to use comedy to shatter stereotypes about being a Saudi. “I want people to see that I am from Saudi Arabia, that I am from that culture, but…
DUBAI: Misha’l Eskander always wears his white thobe whenever he goes on stage. “It’s part of the routine,” he says — a deliberate performance element, as he tries to use comedy to shatter stereotypes about being a Saudi. “I want people to see that I am from Saudi Arabia, that I am from that culture, but…
MUSCAT: Saudi Arabia took part in the fourth meeting of ministers responsible for tourism and culture in the GCC countries in Muscat, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The meeting at the Omani capital discussed a number of issues that enrich tourism in the region. In his address, Ahmed Al-Khateeb, chairman of the board…
A Jeddah-based candle-making business is hoping its scented products will become the burning desire of Saudi households. Louj candles are specially blended and hand-poured, and although the venture was only established at the beginning of this year the brand is already proving popular among its homegrown market customers. Visitors to Louj’s Instagram page can watch…
