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
Healthcare experts must keep up with tech innovations
She emphasizes the significant impact of technology on the healthcare sector and highlighted the 'Let's Talk Innovation' Symposium's focus on...Arts & Culture Health
‘World’s largest’ Byzantine-era winery in Israel
The facility in Yavne, south of Tel Aviv, produced two million liters of wine each year.The site is said to be comprised of five wine presses sprawling over a square kilometer (0.4 sq mile)
The produce was known as "Gaza and Ashkelon wine" due to the nearby ports from which it was exported
It’s all in the eye: Tunisia’s 90-year-old photographer
An exhibition of his work named "Souvenirs d'Avant l'Oubli" (Memories before Oblivion) is being held until the end of October...The reputed photographer said he only ever wanted to photograph his own country, in all its diversity.
Perez said he began photography at the age of 11 or 12 and all his works are "inhabited" by people.
Nobel-winning Gurnah vows to keep talking migration
The novelist won the literature's top award for his unflinching portrayal of their effects on the refugee experience.Gurnah called Brexit "a mistake" and European governments' immigration policies "inhumane".
He is the fifth African-born writer to win the literature Nobel, having fled to Britain from Zanzibar in late 1967.
Dubai Culture, DP World partner to boost Dubai’s creative economy
DP World will also work closely with Dubai Culture to extend various kinds of support to the creative and cultural...DP World will also work closely with Dubai Culture to extend various kinds of support to the creative and cultural sector
The agreement will further strengthen Dubai's and the UAE's role as a global centre for the arts, heritage, and culture
Arab News editor-in-chief lauded for newspaper’s digital, global makeover
Japan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia Iwai Fumio has lauded Arab News editor-in-chief Faisal Abbas's efforts in transforming the newspaper into...Faisal Abbas was hosted by Japan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia Iwai Fumio for a commendation reception.
In 2019, Arab News became the first pan-Arab media outlet to launch a Japanese edition.
NFTs take Mideast art world by storm
An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos. They are bought...An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos. They are bought and sold online
They include data about the artwork or item, such as the artist's name, the date it was sold, and the buyer's identity
Press freedom efforts get Nobel Peace Prize
Journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for...The Nobel committee noted that it would be difficult to promote global fraternity and disarmament without freedom of the press
This year’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize is therefore firmly anchored in the provisions of Alfred Nobel’s will, it said
Kuwaiti artist paints images of Gulf achievements, patriotism at Expo
Through the use of sand and light to the sound of music, Kuwaiti Sulaiman Al-Enezi portrayed images of great accomplishments...Sulaiman Al-Enezi depicted developments leading up to the launch of UAE-backed Mars mission Hope Probe.
The artist has been an avid sand artist since childhood but got into lighting recently.
Nobel Peace Prize buzz for press freedom, Belarus, Greta
Predicting the winner is a giant guessing game, as no shortlist is made public and the nominees' identities are kept...Predicting the winner is a giant guessing game, as no shortlist is made public and the nominees' identities are kept secret for 50 years
This does not, however, stop international relations experts and punters from giving it their best shot
Abdulrazak Gurnah wins literature Nobel Prize
The Nobel Committee said the theme of the refugee’s disruption runs throughout the work of Gurnah, and he was awarded...Born in 1948, Gurnah moved to England in the 1960s, and started to write at the age of 21
He has produced 10 novels and several short stories in English, French, Swedish and German
