Maori-led AI initiative can revolutionize language preservation, says Peter-Lucas Jones
Davos, Switzerland -- Peter-Lucas Jones, a Kaitaia native, who has been listed in the prestigious Time100 AI 2024 List, was...Technology Arts & Culture Geostrategy Global Social Tech & Media
Palestinian pottery sees revival in war-ravaged Gaza
Deir el-Balah, Palestinian Territories - Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to...Arts & Culture
Dubai eateries earn Middle East’s first Michelin stars
Created in 1900 by the brothers Andre and Edouard Michelin of the tyre company Michelin for motorists, the guide has...Two restaurants were given two-star ratings, another nine gained one star and 14 received the Bib Gourmand for value-for-money gourmet fare.
Sixty-nine restaurants serving 21 types of cuisine were listed, including Italian, Japanese, Arabic, French and Indian.
Scientific session organized by Islamic Forum begins in Sharjah
The twenty-second scientific session organized by the Islamic Forum kicked off at Al Maghfirah Mosque, Sharjah. Dubbed "The Migration Route",...Dubbed "The Migration Route", the session is running between 18th and 30th June.
More than 600 participants from inside and outside the country joined the program.
Sharjah, Hungary discuss cooperation in cultural field
A high-level Sharjah's Department of Government Relations delegation was in Hungary to discuss mutual investment opportunities and outline ways to...Chairman of Sharjah's Department of Government Relations expresses his admiration for the Liget Budapest project
The project aims to renew Budapest’s most iconic public park while fully respecting its 200-year-old heritage
Israeli maestro woos fans in off-limits Iran
Eliyahu's ethereal music, partly inspired by his Jewish roots from the Dagestan region of the Caucasus, is gaining recognition in...Eliyahu's ethereal music, partly inspired by his Jewish roots from the Dagestan region of the Caucasus, is gaining recognition in Israel
Despite the bitter hostility between the Israeli government and Tehran, he also has a growing following among Iranians
Saudi youth excel in event management in Jeddah Season
Saudi youth make their mark in event management during Jeddah Season where they comprise over 80 percent of the workforce...Saudi youth are over 80 percent of the workforce in event management in Jeddah Season
Saudi youth demonstrate their ability and success to manage and organize events
A ballet with machines: Is Artificial Intelligence the future of art?
To many they are art's next big thing -- digital images of jellyfish pulsing and blurring in a dark pink...The field has begun to attract huge interest among art collectors -- and even bigger price tags at auction.
Artists in Germany and the United States blazed a trail in computer-generated art during the 1960s.
‘Stan Lee Super Con’ exhibition begins in Jeddah, woos fans of superheroes
The activities of the 'Stan Lee Super Con 2022' exhibition begins in Jeddah Superdome in the presence of a number...'Stan Lee Super Con 2022' exhibition kicks off in Jeddah Superdome in the presence of a number of Hollywood stars
There was a large turnout on the first day from fans of international comic characters and visitors
Turkish site holds secrets to dawn of civilization
On a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world's oldest known religious sanctuary is slowly giving up its secrets.Thousands of our prehistoric ancestors gathered around its highly-decorated T-shaped megalith pillars to worship 7,000 years before Stonehenge or the earliest Egyptian pyramids
Academics believe the history of human settlement began in these hills close to the Syrian border some 12,000 years ago
Auction gathers horse-lovers from across divided Libya
Libyan horse-lovers have managed to keep their traditions alive, including the crafts of making saddles and tack -- and breeding...Despite years of conflict and division since the fall of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, breeders and buyers from across Libya were able to attend.
Equestrianism has a prominent place in Libya as in other parts of the Arab world, with weekly horse races as well as shows and parades.
Sufi dervishes of Egypt keep alive old tradition
In a 500-year-old stone theatre in the Egyptian capital, two young dervishes spin ceaselessly. Slowly, then all at once, they...The kaleidoscopic performance is a world away from whirling dervishes of Turkey, who trace their origins to the teachings of Sufi poet and mystic Jalal al-Din Rumi
Though the Egyptian version of the art has become a festive occasion, most practitioners hold to the roots of the ritual in the mystical tradition of the Muslim Mevlevi Order
