DUBAI: Standing still and surveying the spectacular sights around him on his first hike, Ahmed Shata realized there was more to life than sitting in front of a screen all day. For the 37-year-old Jeddah resident, the adventure started when a small group in his home city encouraged him to discover nature through hiking. Now…
BEIRUT: The Lebanese artist discusses one of his earliest wooden sculptures, currently on display at Dubai’s Green Art Gallery. “Paysage Nocturne” (Nocturnal Landscape) is an important work for me because it symbolizes the beginning of my career as a sculptor in the late Seventies, and this artistic path of mine goes beyond the 1990s. Sculpture,…
DUBAI: Dubai-based DJ and influencer Tala Samman will entertain the crowd before crooner Lana Del Rey hits the stage at the Yasalam After-Race Concerts at the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend. The US-Syrian DJ took to Instagram with the announcement on Wednesday, saying she would take to the stage on Saturday.…
DUBAI: Dubai-based DJ and influencer Tala Samman will entertain the crowd before crooner Lana Del Rey hits the stage at the Yasalam After-Race Concerts at the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend. The US-Syrian DJ took to Instagram with the announcement on Wednesday, saying she would take to the stage on Saturday.…
The book from Imani Perry “explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world,” according to critics. “This deeply personal open letter lays out the myriad of emotions that Perry feels as the mother…
Linear optimization is a powerful modeling method for discovering the best solution to a problem among a set of available alternatives. It is one of today’s most important branches of mathematics and computer science — and also a surprisingly rich medium for creating breathtaking works of art. Opt Art takes readers on an entertaining tour…
DUBAI: When Jessica Kahawaty is not busy visiting refugee camps off the border of Syria, championing women’s rights or turning heads on front rows in Paris and Milan, she can be found shaking up the fashion industry. Her latest style endeavor is a partnership with Italian label Miu Miu, as part of its “Miu Miu…
CHICAGO: The 2017 winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, which was recently translated into English by Kay Heikkinen, is Huzama Habayeb’s third novel “Velvet.” The story masterfully and meticulously follows the painfully difficult life of Hawwa in Baqa’a camp, the largest site for Palestinian refugees displaced after the 1967 war, just outside of…
CHICAGO: The 2017 winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, which was recently translated into English by Kay Heikkinen, is Huzama Habayeb’s third novel “Velvet.” The story masterfully and meticulously follows the painfully difficult life of Hawwa in Baqa’a camp, the largest site for Palestinian refugees displaced after the 1967 war, just outside of…
JEDDAH: Supercomputers offer incredibly powerful processing capabilities but the high cost and a need for skilled operators means that they are mainly used by government organizations and other large institutions and corporations. UnitX, a startup based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), aims to change this by offering on-demand access to the…
In Dubai talk, Legendary American Filmmaker Spike Lee opens up about filming in Makkah DUBAI: On Saturday, renowned US director and filmmaker Spike Lee sat down with excited guests at the inaugural ON.DXB — an event dedicated to film, gaming, music and video — in Dubai's Studio City. During the jam-packed headline talk, Lee opened up…
The social practice of tact was an invention of the 19th century, a period when Britain was witnessing unprecedented urbanization, industrialization, and population growth. In an era when more and more people lived more closely than ever before with people they knew less and less about, tact was a new mode of feeling one’s way…
DUBAI: Following a string of successful watch auctions in Hong Kong and Geneva, Sotheby’s will be displaying and selling some of its rarest and most sought-after timepieces in Dubai on Sunday. Featuring 159 watches that range from brand new to vintage, sourced from all over the globe, the Dubai watch auction will include precious, gem-set timepieces for men and women, from an array of…
Environmentally conscious Coldplay says it won’t tour new album, ahead of Jordan gigs LONDON: British band Coldplay will not tour to promote their new album, but are working on how to make their gigs environmentally sustainable, lead singer Chris Martin said.The rock group, known for songs like “Yellow,” “Paradise” and “Viva la Vida,” will release…
DUBAI: With 13.6 million subscribers on YouTube and more than 6 million followers on Instagram, you might expect Iraqi vlogger Noor Stars to view social media as pretty much perfect. But at a talk she gave on Thursday at On.DXB — an event in Dubai dedicated to film, gaming, music and video — she described the “idealism”…
AMMAN: From Baghdad to Karbala, citizens of Iraq have taken to the streets to push for a revolution. And on the frontlines of Tahrir Square capturing every moment is 23-year-old photographer Amir Hazim Jasim. The Baghdad native has been documenting the ongoing protests — which erupted earlier this year — via artful black-and-white portraits captured…
DUBAI: The Cairo Saturday Walks team, a group of photographers who go on adventures every week to take pictures across the city, are now exhibiting their work for charity at a gallery in the city. The exhibition brought together more than 50 local, international, professional and amateur photographers who are displaying their work in the Maadi…
DUBAI: Wes Gordon just wants to make happy clothes. And the Atlanta-born designer, who was handpicked to be Carolina Herrera's successor after she announced her retirement in February 2018, has done just that since his appointment as the New York-based label’s creative director. You don’t have to look further than the brand’s Spring 2020 collection, showcased…
DUBAI: On Nov. 30, US rap star Lil Wayne will take to the stage at the Diriyah Circuit, along with fellow rapper Tyga and record producer Future. Lil Wayne has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, including more than 15 million albums and 37 million digital tracks in the US, and he will bring…
LONDON: Thanks to stars such as Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Ricky Gervais, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Britain has long been a hotbed of comedy talent.Lately, a new crop of Arab Muslim stand-up comedians have taken to the stage across the country, representing the UK’s ethnic diversity and offering a fresh alternative on the comedy…
