DUBAI: Lebanese pop superstar Myriam Fares has apologized to her Egyptian fans over comments she made at a press conference for the Moroccan Mawazine Festival on Saturday. In a press appearance before her gig at the music festival, the star was questioned by a journalist and asked why she doesn’t perform in Egypt as much as…
DUBAI: Trading places with the object of your envy is not always what it seems. Expatriates often live in bubbles, either because they cannot or will not make the effort to integrate, or because when they do, they feel locked out by local communities with established social networks. As a result, both groups can live very…
BEIRUT: Sabine Choucair, a professional clown, is on a mission to spread light relief to Syrian refugees and vulnerable people worldwide. She discovered her true calling when she learned the art of clowning while studying theater in the UK. “I found it (clowning) magical. I found the answer to why I really wanted to do…
When Walter O’Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a new ballpark next to downtown, he ignited a bitter argument over the future of a rapidly changing city. For the first time, City of Dreams tells the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium — and…
DUBAI: Trading places with the object of your envy is not always what it seems. Expatriates often live in bubbles, either because they cannot or will not make the effort to integrate, or because when they do, they feel locked out by local communities with established social networks. As a result, both groups can live very…
RIYADH: Crash Bandicoot fans, it’s time to get back in the kart. “Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled” (CTR) released worldwide on Friday, available on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The new CTR is a revitalized version of the 1999 classic, developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. The original was an immediate…
ATHENS: Greece’s Acropolis Museum has opened to the public a new section housing the remains of an ancient Athens neighborhood to mark its 10-year-anniversary, organizers said Friday.The new 4,000-square-meter (43,000-square-feet) extension displays the remains of ancient baths and hot water pipes, public latrines, homes, wells and workshops, organizers said.Most of the remains are Roman and…
JEDDAH: The Jeddah Society of Culture and Arts launched the “Jeddah: Center of Culture and Arts” festival on Thursday at King Abdul Aziz Cultural Center.The event is part of Jeddah Season, which began on June 8 and runs until July 18. It has attracted thousands of visitors of all ages through its 150 local and…
The Indian discipline of yoga, involving spiritual and physical practices, is followed in myriad forms today by millions of people worldwide, with an entry in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list. Here is some background for International Yoga Day, marked on Friday for the fifth time. Transcending suffering The word “yoga” has its origins in the…
Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. “It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother —…
Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. “It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother —…
Al-Ahsa: Home to the most prominent archaeological and historical sites in Saudi Arabia AL-AHSA: Al-Ahsa is an oasis rich with green spaces and water springs, and was home to many ancient civilizations, some that existed as far back as 6,000 BC. It contains the most prominent archaeological and historical sites in Saudi Arabia, and has…
Netflix Review: ‘Leila’ offers a frightening fictional glimpse into India under draconian rule CHENNAI: Netflix’s original six-episode series, “Leila,” is an unflinching look at a fictional futuristic India run under a draconian political, social and cultural structure. Adapted from Prayaag Akbar’s novel of the same title, and directed by Deepa Mehta (known for bold films…
Film fans get cutting-edge view of Middle East life at Arab movie fest in Michigan MICHIGAN: Movie fans were given a cutting-edge view of life in the Middle East at the 14th annual Arab Film Festival (AFF) in the US. Held in Detroit, the event introduced a series of films, movie shorts and documentaries focusing…
Film fans get cutting-edge view of Middle East life at Arab movie fest in Michigan MICHIGAN: Movie fans were given a cutting-edge view of life in the Middle East at the 14th annual Arab Film Festival (AFF) in the US. Held in Detroit, the event introduced a series of films, movie shorts and documentaries focusing…
FONTAINEBLEAU: An exquisite 19th-century French theater outside Paris that fell into disuse for one and half centuries has been restored with the help of a €10 million donation from oil-rich Abu Dhabi.The Napoleon III theater at Fontainebleau Palace south of Paris was built between 1853 and 1856 under the reign of the nephew of emperor…
‘I love the Arab side of my family’: Bella Hadid apologizes to Saudi, UAE fans after online backlash DUBAI: US-Palestinian model Bella Hadid has taken to Twitter and Instagram to apologize to her fans in Saudi Arabia and the UAE after she was accused of being disrespectful by social media users. It all kicked off…
DUBAI: Model sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid took to the runway for Italian fashion house Versace in Milan on Saturday, as the label showed off its mix-and-match Spring/Summer 2020 line. Dontatella Versace has tapped the soul of fashion house founded by her brother, the late Gianni Versace, with animal prints and loud fluorescents, The Associated…
PARIS: The revolver with which Vincent van Gogh is believed to have shot himself is to go under the hammer Wednesday at a Paris auction house.Billed as “the most famous weapon in the history of art,” the seven mm Lefaucheux revolver is expected to fetch up to $67,000 (€60,000).Van Gogh experts believe that he shot…
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdul Aziz University launches six-level Chinese proficiency test JEDDAH: King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) on Sunday launched a Chinese language proficiency test under the supervision of KAU’s Chinese Science and Culture Exchange Center. The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) test is the first of its kind in the Kingdom. The six-level test assesses non-native…
