Red Sea Fund opens applications for production cycle
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The prestigious Red Sea Fund has thrown open its doors to filmmakers across Arab and African...Arts & Culture
Emiratis battle to preserve dying art of embroidery
The art of hand-weaving braided shiny ribbons to adorn traditional clothing and bags is called Al Talli, and is on...Arts & Culture
Novel crisis: Iran’s booking shrink as US sanctions bite
The price of a book in Iran depends on the fluctuation of its currency as the country relies on paper...Many publishing houses in Iran have been out of business as the economic crisis deepens
Iranian publishers slash number of titles published and cut the number of pages which they print by shrinking the font size
The annual Sharjah Heritage festival to kick off in March
Armenia will be the official guest of honor this year due to its rich and diverse cultural stock, while Indonesia...The Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH) announced that the festival’s slogan will be "The Heritage and the Future"
A total of 33 countries would participate in the event including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar from GCC
Mosul’s fallen monuments to rise again
The reconstruction of Al-Hadba minaret and Al-Saa’a and Al-Tahera Churches in the city is being carried out by UNESCO in...After the city was liberated, UNESCO launched in 2018 an ambitious international initiative to “revive the spirit of Mosul”.
The UAE was the first partner to join this UNESCO’s initiative for the restoration and reconstruction of the historic landmarks of Mosul – Al-Nouri Mosque and Al-Hadba minaret.
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
