Featuring the work of international women artists, "La Belleza" celebrates the deep connection between art and poetry.

Outstanding Arab women leave a lasting impact in their respective fields, inspire countless individuals, and shape the future of the interconnected domains.

“Culture and arts are an integral part of building communities and a key pillar of Ras Al Khaimah’s sustainable development,” adds Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi as he opened the 12th edition of Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival, organized by Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Public...

TOKYO, JAPAN - The winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award has acknowledged that about "five percent" of her futuristic novel was penned by ChatGPT, saying generative AI had helped unlock her potential. Since the 2022 launch of ChatGPT, an easy-to-use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay upon request within...

Kuwait City, Kuwait--The art exhibition titled "Oman in the Heart of Kuwait" was inaugurated at the Kuwaiti Syndicate of Media and Artists on Saturday, emphasizing the deep historical and cultural ties between the Sultanate of Oman and the State of Kuwait. Oman's Ambassador to Kuwait, Saleh Al-Kharusi, who presided over...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA -  Saudi cinemas began the screening of the horror and thriller movie Cello, with global participation of stars from the US, England, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria. The movie is based on the novel released in 2021 by Chairman of General Authority for Entertainment, Advisor Turki Al...

The launch is part of a year-round program that will allow women filmmakers to collaborate with leading industry professionals and access funds to create and share their stories.

Washington, United States--The United States has returned 77 looted antiquities to Yemen, US authorities said Tuesday, adding the objects would be housed "temporarily" in a museum in Washington in line with an agreement with the war-torn country's government. The pieces are "64 relief carved stone heads, 11 Quran manuscript pages, a...

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia--Jeddah will host the first Islamic arts event from 23rd January to 23rd April 23, 2023, which will feature 17 exhibits from Uzbekistan. The event is organized by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia. The event aims at “connecting the...

Egypt has detained three people for attempting to steal a millennia-old statue with a crane in the ancient southern city of Aswan, some 675 kilometers south of Cairo on the Nile. In a statement the public prosecutor's office said that it had ordered three defendants to be held in custody...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia— Saudi Arabia has unveiled the "Culture & Green Future" initiative, aiming to enhance the role of culture and raise awareness of the centrality of culture in sustainable development and address its various challenges. The initiative was launched by Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, Minister of Culture...

Stockholm, Sweden—The Nobel Prize is an institution "for men", literature laureate Annie Ernaux of France told AFP on Tuesday in an interview ahead of this weekend's formal awards ceremony. "It manifests itself by this desire for tradition. Being bound to traditions is perhaps more masculine, it is a way to transmit...

Abu Dhabi, UAE— The Sheikh Zayed Festival will provide a number of screens for the regular airing of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 football matches. According to the Higher Committee organizing the festival, the screens will be set up throughout different areas from the 20th November to 18th December...

Amman, Jordan— Intended to open up a space for intercultural cooperation, the 34th edition of the European Film Festival (EUFF) began at the Haya Cultural Center in Amman. Speaking at the opening ceremony, EU Ambassador to Jordan Maria Hadjitheodosiou said the 34th edition of the European Film Festival, the longest-running...

To mark the fifth anniversary of the opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi, a major exhibition of impressionist art opened in the capital of the UAE, featuring works from masters like Pissarro, Renoir and many others. It is billed as one of the most significant exhibitions on the 19th century art...

Looking to showcase Islamic culture and art and history, Qatar has unveiled its landmark Museum of Islamic Art after an 18-month renovation ahead of the World Cup. The five-story building has redesigned its collections, with some two-thirds of the thousand exhibits new to the museum.

Thanks to a gift of books from passing Ottoman soldiers in the late 19th century, a hamlet in the Balkans continues to revel in its reputation of being a "village of enlightenment."

The vessels, from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods, were reconstructed at the world-famous museum's conservation laboratories, and will be shown as part of its "Shattered Glass of Beirut" showcase, before returning to Lebanon later this year.

France has expressed deep concern at the "arbitrary" arrests of three Iranian filmmakers, including international prize-winners Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof. Panahi and Rasoulof were "arbitrarily arrested" earlier this month along with Mostafa Aleahmad, the French foreign ministry said.

Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was arrested Monday, the third director to be detained in less than a week, the Mehr news agency said.

Dozens of vibrantly colored floating homes have for decades dotted the banks of the River Nile, rare havens of leafy seclusion in the Egyptian capital's hustle and bustle.

Police have arrested 120 people for breaking Iran's segregation and morality rules at a party in the forest in the northern province of Mazandaran, state media reported Sunday.

A Syrian desert monastery that was once a hub for interfaith dialogue, attracting tens of thousands, has reopened to visitors after more than a decade of war and isolation.

On a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world's oldest known religious sanctuary is slowly giving up its secrets.

The lips pouted to perfection, the neck was long and poised, and the judges were sure that no Botox was involved as they awarded Qatar's largest cash prize for a camel beauty contest in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Kuwaiti director Maysaa Al-Mumin received, Thursday, special mention for film, "J'ai Le Cafard" or Daughter of Wardan, in fifth edition of Lebanese's sci-fi and horror film festival, Maskoon.

So far more than two million visitors have marked their presence in the five-month long arts and culture festival.

Lebanon's oldest English-language daily newspaper laid off its entire staff and became the latest casualty in the collapse of the country's once-flourishing press, employees said Tuesday.

The last edition of the festival was held in 2002, the year before the US-led invasion that toppled the veteran dictator Saddam Hussein.

Dubai Culture shall have its own official social media channels for updates on the creative and cultural sector in the city besides serving as a source of inspiring stories for the media. Also, more space and time needs to be given to news from the creative and cultural industries to...

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi being built at a cost of one billion dollars is set for the inauguration in 2025, according to the UAE capital’s culture and tourism department.