Law, politics hamper UK museum return of artifacts
LONDON, UK - British museums, like others across Europe, are under pressure to return artworks taken during the colonial era, including...Arts & Culture Geostrategy Global
AI game gains popularity during Chinese New Year festivities
SHANGHAI, CHINA - Young Chinese flocking home for Lunar New Year this weekend have turned to an AI chatbot game to...Arts & Culture Business Culture & Society Tech & Media
Saudi coffee legacy percolates through the generations
Saudi Aramco, the oil company, will establish a coffee center in Jizan while using "advanced irrigation techniques to improve agricultural...An integral part of Saudi culture, red Khawlani coffee beans are so popular that 2022 has been designated the Year of Saudi Coffee
The government has started a campaign to promote its coffee asking restaurants and cafes to say Saudi coffee instead of Arabic coffee
Disney+ shines amid streaming TV competition
Disney saw streaming subscriptions pick up pace as pandemic restrictions ease, while Netflix saw them slow.Disney+ saw its big studio muscle help it reach 129.8 million subscribers worldwide, some 5 million more than predicted
Netflix ended the year with 221.8 million subscribers, a massive number, but it announced slowing growth
Jordan announces program of jurisprudence lessons in the Kingdom’s mosques
The initiative is about enlightening people on the matters of their religious jurisprudence and compliance with the hadith of the...The initiative is about enlightening people on the matters of their religious jurisprudence and compliance with the hadith of the Prophet
The initiative also aims to introduce scholars, mosque pioneers and students of knowledge to jurisprudence and its meanings in Qur’an and Hadith
‘Hey Jude’ NFT fetches $77k at auction
Originally entitled "Hey Jules", the Fab Four's hit was written in 1968 by Paul McCartney to comfort a young Julian...Originally entitled "Hey Jules", the Fab Four's hit was written in 1968 by Paul McCartney to comfort a young Julian Lennon during father John's separation from his mother
The NFT version of the notes was presented as an animation in which the words are progressively inscribed on the page and was accompanied by an audio commentary from Lennon junior
Lebanon returns 337 artifacts from different eras to Iraq
The items returned have been characterized as ‘witnesses to the childhood of human history.’The artifacts had been on display in a Lebanese museum for several years
The items are said to have included clay tablets and pieces of pottery
On social media demand, Kuwait to ban film starring Israeli actress
Kuwait will ban a new film adaptation of Agatha Christie's whodunnit "Death on the Nile" with a cast of Hollywood...Social media users pointed to Gal Gadot's praise of the Israeli army and her criticism of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas during the 2014 war in Gaza.
Gadot is best known for the lead role in the 2017 Hollywood blockbuster "Wonder Woman" which was banned in some Arab countries.
Elizabeth II wants Camilla to be Queen Consort
Four days of festivities are planned for early June, coinciding with the anniversary of her 1953 coronation.There will be ceremonial gun salutes in London's Green Park, close to Buckingham Palace, and at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland as Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee starts
Elizabeth ll is the first Monarch in history to reach the historic milestone of 70 years on the throne
Oman fines men for wearing wrong dishdasha
The hallmark of the Gulf sultanate, the long and elegant robes Dishdashas, have fallen prey to rising hemlines and elaborate...Omani ministry set dress code on dishdasha that it should be made mostly out of cotton with embroidery only on the collar, front slit and cuffs. The fabric must be a single color
Anybody caught violating the dress code will be fined 1,000 Omani rials ($2,600), or double that in the case of a second violation
GCC leaders witness KSA’s debut in Winter Olympics
Key regional leaders were present as Saudi Arabia on Friday made its first appearance at the Winter Olympics after alpine...Saudi Arabia makes its first appearance at the Winter Olympics after alpine skier Fayik Abdi qualified to compete in Beijing 2022
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed attended the event
The NFT artist who sold a trashcan image for $252,000
The image, by American artist Robness, called "64 gallon toter", depicts a large plastic trashcan with glitching effects, giving it...NFTs are unique pieces of computer code stored on a longer chain of code known as a blockchain, with a link to an artwork or other item.
There is a lot of money to be made in the NFT art world -- auctions and purchases from celebrities contributed to sales worth more than $40 billion last year.