DUBAI: From peacock-feather hats to full-blown gowns, fashion at the Dubai World Cup is always a sight to see, and the regalia at this year’s 24th edition of horse racing at Meydan Racecourse did not disappoint. Thousands from across the world sported unique looks at the annual event, as they watched jockeys and their steeds battle it out for the $35m…
A searing tale of love and hatred, art and ambition, and freedom and oppression, The Age of Disenchantments is a chronicle of a family who modeled their lives (and deaths) on the works of art that most inspired and obsessed them and who, in turn, profoundly affected the culture and society around them. Author Aaron…
CHENNAI: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were notorious robbers and killers, but they also became folk heroes during America’s Great Depression. Several films have been made about them, but the best-known version was 1967’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Now Netflix has offered yet another look…
CHENNAI: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were notorious robbers and killers, but they also became folk heroes during America’s Great Depression. Several films have been made about them, but the best-known version was 1967’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Now Netflix has offered yet another look…
‘Creation’ Abdulhalim Radwi, Saudi Arabia Radwi is regarded as one of the most significant artists in Saudi Arabian history, as one of the pioneers of modern art in the Kingdom. Much of his work referenced the historical architecture, folklore and lifestyle of his homeland. His 1989 painting, “Creation,” was exhibited at Art Dubai last week…
DUBAI: In the four-plus years since it has been open, the luxury resort of Cape Weligama has raked in numerous international awards and prestigious accolades. It’s not hard to see why — take the unparalleled location, perched at the edge of a headland right on the tip of the southern coast of Sri Lanka, to…
DUBAI: US pop star Gwen Stefani closed the Dubai World Cup with a spectacular performance, joining the legacy of stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Minogue, who have headlined the event in the recent years. The 49-year-old artist performed after the world’s richest horse race on Saturday night at the Meydan Racecourse’s Apron Views.…
DUBAI: US pop star Gwen Stefani closed the Dubai World Cup with a spectacular performance, joining the legacy of stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Minogue, who have headlined the event in the recent years. The 49-year-old artist performed after the world’s richest horse race on Saturday night at the Meydan Racecourse’s Apron Views.…
Matt Stroud, the author of Thin Blue Lie, is an investigative reporter with a focus on companies that do business with police departments and prisons. Norm Stamper, former Seattle police chief, said in a review that Stroud has “given us the definitive case against ‘high-tech’ policing.” Stamper added: “While Stroud does not discount the potential…
Matt Stroud, the author of Thin Blue Lie, is an investigative reporter with a focus on companies that do business with police departments and prisons. Norm Stamper, former Seattle police chief, said in a review that Stroud has “given us the definitive case against ‘high-tech’ policing.” Stamper added: “While Stroud does not discount the potential…
Bending Toward Justice is a dramatic and compulsively readable account of a key moment in America’s struggle for equality, related by an author who played a major role in these events. A distinguished work of legal and personal history, the book is destined to take its place as a canonical civil rights history. The book…
KUALA LUMPUR: Most people in South and Southeast Asia do not know about the diverse causes and long-term health risks of air pollution, a problem that kills 1.5 million people in those regions each year, researchers warned on Thursday.A study by Vital Strategies, a public health advisory group, analyzed more than half a million news…
KUALA LUMPUR: Most people in South and Southeast Asia do not know about the diverse causes and long-term health risks of air pollution, a problem that kills 1.5 million people in those regions each year, researchers warned on Thursday.A study by Vital Strategies, a public health advisory group, analyzed more than half a million news…
KUALA LUMPUR: Most people in South and Southeast Asia do not know about the diverse causes and long-term health risks of air pollution, a problem that kills 1.5 million people in those regions each year, researchers warned on Thursday.A study by Vital Strategies, a public health advisory group, analyzed more than half a million news…
DUBAI: Danny DeVito has played lowlifes, criminals and scoundrels over the past 40 years, but he’s done so with such joy that he’s become perhaps one of the most beloved actors alive today. In Disney’s “Dumbo,” DeVito plays Max Medici, the head of a travelling circus that discovers one of its young elephants can fly…
RIYADH: International artists will be offered the chance for the first time to take up residency in Saudi Arabia. The new “cultural residency” scheme was among a raft of initiatives announced at a glittering event in Riyadh on Wednesday to launch the Ministry of Culture’s vision and strategy for the future. They include arts prizes,…
DUBAI: One of Saudi Arabia’s most thought-provoking artists, Manal Al-Dowayan has spent the past 15 years highlighting the status of women in her country. Now she is back with her first solo show in three years. The multidisciplinary artist’s first exhibition since completing her second master’s degree at London’s Royal College of Art, “Watch Before…
DUBAI: Located a stone’s throw from Zaitunay Bay, it’s hard to fault the Four Seasons Beirut. It may lack the history and grandeur of the Phoenicia, or the boutique elegance of Achrafieh’s Hotel Albergo, but there’s a certain charm to its modernist design and the warmth of its welcome. The Four Seasons is one of…
DUBAI: Danny DeVito has played lowlifes, criminals and scoundrels over the past 40 years, but he’s done so with such joy that he’s become perhaps one of the most beloved actors alive today. In Disney’s “Dumbo,” DeVito plays Max Medici, the head of a travelling circus that discovers one of its young elephants can fly…
DUBAI: Danny DeVito has played lowlifes, criminals and scoundrels over the past 40 years, but he’s done so with such joy that he’s become perhaps one of the most beloved actors alive today. In Disney’s “Dumbo,” DeVito plays Max Medici, the head of a travelling circus that discovers one of its young elephants can fly…
