Rod Stewart, Enrique Iglesias to hit the stage at Saudi Arabia’s Winter at Tantora festival DUBAI: Legendary rocker Rod Stewart is set to perform in Saudi Arabia’s Winter at Tantora cultural festival in Al-Ula in January, while Enrique Iglesias will hit the stage in February, organizers revealed. The news comes as organizers revealed that US…
DUBAI: Architects from the UAE’s Ibda Design firm Wael Al-Awar and Kenichi Teramoto have been appointed as the curators for the country’s national pavilion at the 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale. The pair’s exhibition will explore sea salt as a traditional, locally-sourced building material, and its potential uses for developing sustainable habitation in desert environments like the…
DUBAI: Fashion Forward Dubai (FFWD) has unveiled its line up of designers, who will show off their new collections during the Oct. 30 – Nov. 2 event held at the Dubai Design District. Highlights of this year’s event include shows by international fashion houses Christian Cowan, whose designs have been worn by Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Cardi B;…
‘Hello, is it me you’re looking for?’ Lionel Richie set to perform at Saudi's Winter at Tantora festival DUBAI: US pop legend Lionel Richie is set to perform at Saudi Arabia’s Winter at Tantora cultural festival in Al-Ula. The news was announced on Winter at Tantora’s Twitter page and fans of the “All Night Long”…
'Since the 60s' musical evening reflects the history of the Saudi song during National Day Season RIYADH: A “Since the 60s” musical performance was held during the Saudi National Day Season at the Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University Theater in Riyadh, under the guidance and support the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, Mr. Turki bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Sheikh, which witnessed…
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories: A lioness is beaten with sticks while her cubs are dragged away — a Gazan zoo closed after a long campaign has reopened, with conditions seemingly as bad as ever.The Rafah Zoo in the southern Gaza Strip was known for its emaciated animals, with the owners saying they struggled to find enough…
MUMBAI: In the foothills of the Himalayas in the north of India lies something of an oddity. A small picturesque town that takes its name from Llanddowror — a remote village in Wales. Landour is a two-hour drive from Dehradun airport, and is very close to one of India’s most famous hill stations, Mussoorie. And…
DUBAI: US singer Nicole Scherzinger was spotted on “Australia’s Got Talent” this week wearing a sparkling gown by Hollywood’s new favorite designer, Yousef Al-Jasmi. Scherzinger chose a fitted glittering gown in a summery shade of yellow by the Kuwaiti designer, complete with a halter neck top and a thigh high slit. She paired the daring…
MUMBAI: In the foothills of the Himalayas in the north of India lies something of an oddity. A small picturesque town that takes its name from Llanddowror — a remote village in Wales. Landour is a two-hour drive from Dehradun airport, and is very close to one of India’s most famous hill stations, Mussoorie. And…
BELGRADE: The boundary-pushing performance artist Marina Abramovic returned to Belgrade Saturday to inaugurate the final exhibition of a major touring retrospective, marking her first professional homecoming in nearly 50 years.Dressed in black, the 72-year-old invited reporters to Belgrade’s Contemporary Art Museum at dawn for the “symbolic cleansing of her career.”The retrospective, titled “The Cleaner,” exhibits…
The one where ‘Friends’ turns 25: Why the Arab world still can’t get enough DUBAI: Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, viewers got their first glimpse of a show that would go on to dominate viewing figures, watercooler chat, and tabloids for the next decade: “Friends.” It’s doubtful that even the most optimistic of TV executives would…
DUBAI: Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, viewers got their first glimpse of a show that would go on to dominate viewing figures, watercooler chat, and tabloids for the next decade: “Friends.” It’s doubtful that even the most optimistic of TV executives would have dreamed of the stratospheric success that the sitcom — which followed the life…
The Years That Matter Most tells the stories of students trying to find their way, with hope, joy, and frustration, through the appli-cation process and into college. Drawing on new research, the book reveals how the landscape of US higher education has shifted in recent decades and exposes the hidden truths of how the system works…
Art Jameel and Gulf Photo Plus announce the return of the popular photography event, GPP Slidefest, to Saudi Arabia JEDDAH: Works by five local and regional-based photographers will be on show as part of the second Saudi edition of GPP Slidefest, a platform that aims to develop the Kingdom’s growing interest in photography as an art…
LOS ANGELES: “Game of Thrones” will seek to make Emmy history one final time Sunday when television’s best and brightest gather at a glamorous ceremony in Los Angeles to bid farewell to a number of long-running hit shows.Despite its misfiring finale which divided fans, the fantasy epic about feuding families and flame-shooting dragons secured a…
JEDDAH: Works by five local and regional-based photographers will be on show as part of the second Saudi edition of GPP Slidefest, a platform that aims to develop the Kingdom’s growing interest in photography as an art form. Art Jameel, the heritage, education and arts organization, on Wednesday said that the event, to be held in…
What We Are Reading Today: Sorting Out the Mixed Economy by Amy C. Offner In the years after 1945, a flood of US advisors swept into Latin America with dreams of building a new economic order and lifting the Third World out of poverty. These businessmen, economists, community workers, and architects went south with the…
QUEBEC CITY: After living and crooning for years in Las Vegas, French-Canadian superstar Celine Dion returned home to Quebec to kick off her first world tour in a decade on Wednesday.At 51, the Grammy winner also recently announced the release of a new album titled “Courage,” which will be her 12th in English and is…
QUEBEC CITY: After living and crooning for years in Las Vegas, French-Canadian superstar Celine Dion returned home to Quebec to kick off her first world tour in a decade on Wednesday.At 51, the Grammy winner also recently announced the release of a new album titled “Courage,” which will be her 12th in English and is…
DUBAI: For its first edition in the Arab World, the international Hay Festival will arrive in the UAE on Feb. 24, at Abu Dhabi’s Manarat Al-Saadiyat and other venues across the city, UAE’s Ministry of Tolerance announced Wednesday. The four-day event will host workshops, artistic performances, new technology discovery, storytelling and many more art and literature-related…
