AI and death: Sundance films grapple with our digital afterlife
Park City, United States -- Artificial intelligence promises to make death "optional," as the technology learns to perfectly emulate our personalities,...Arts & Culture Culture & Society Tech & Media
Afif helps Qatar exorcise World Cup demons at Asian Cup
Doha, Qatar - Asian Cup hosts and holders Qatar have been on a mission to banish the painful memory of their...Arts & Culture Sports
US to return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq
It was seized by the US Justice Department in 2019, two years after US billionaire David Green opened a museum...UNESCO called the repatriation a 'victory' in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
The rare fragment recounts a dream sequence from the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian cuneiform script.
Double-digit growth for Middle East cities
Except Beirut, most Middle Eastern cities have witnessed growth in double digits in terms of population from 2015 until 2021.Manama registered 51% growth in population between the years 2015 and 2021
Economic, social and political crises have impacted the overall growth of the Lebanese capital
‘Change the game’: Supermodel Halima Aden reinvents modest fashion
Aden became the first contestant in a US state beauty pageant in 2016 to wear a hijab and a burkini.She will be designing collections exclusively for a Turkish online brand.
World capitals as diverse as Moscow, Riyadh and London have staged modest fashion shows in the past few years.
Former Daesh bastion echoes with chimes of church bell
A bell was inaugurated at a church in Mosul on Saturday to the cheers of Iraqi Christians, seven years after...Dozens of faithful stood by as Father Pios Affas rang the newly installed bell for the first time at the Syriac Christian church of Mar Tuma
the bell weighing 285kg was cast in Lebanon with donations from a French NGO
Netflix eyes Emmys with ‘The Crown’
Since the online platform launched in 2007, leading streamer has never won for best drama at the small-screen version of...Since the online platform launched in 2007, leading streamer has never won for best drama at the small-screen version of the Oscars
As well as "The Crown," the streaming giant is banking on the wildly popular "The Queen's Gambit."
Broadway celebrates return of hit shows
"Hamilton," "Wicked," "The Lion King" and "Chicago" resumed performances, to the delight, and relief, of the industry and theater lovers."Hamilton," "Wicked," "The Lion King" and "Chicago" resumed performances, to the delight, and relief, of the industry and theater lovers
Broadway theaters have been gradually re-opening throughout September but Tuesday heralds the collective return of some of its most popular shows.
Pageants, races drive camel cloning demand
Cloning is in demand not only for beauty pageants and races but also for reproducing camels that produce large amounts...Some clients will pay between $54,500-$109,000 to duplicate a "beauty queen".
Dubai claimed the world's first cloned camel, Injaz (achievement in Arabic), on April 8, 2009.
Iraqis saddest people in Arab region: Report
Political, economic and social crises in the Middle East countries has led to an implosion of negative emotions among their...Lebanon, Egypt and Tunisia follow Iraq, according to Gallup World Poll.
Research has revealed that emotions usually drive bad investment decisions.
American falcon sells for $467,000 in Saudi auction
The falcon was 16.5 inches both long and wide, and weighed 980 grams.An ultra-white Gyr Qarmousha Falcon, less than a year old, was sold for SAR1.75 million (around $467,000)
It came from a noted international breeding facility called the Pacific Northwest Falcons farm, located in the US
Dubai’s gourmet restaurants hungry for a star
It is a prize a restaurant or a chef would die for to possess. It is the culinary equivalent of...Technically there are no Michelin-starred restaurants in the Arab countries, as Michelin does not publish a city guide yet
However, many restaurants in Dubai are owned by chefs who have earned Michelin stars in other countries