New Bollywood film stokes caste controversy
A new Bollywood film tackling the thorny issue of caste quotas in…
‘Anne of Green Gables’ boosts Canadian island
By Michel Viatteau/ AFP A fictional red-headed orphan, whose adventures were penned a…
The architectural insights of Amir Wahib
The most striking aspect of Amir Wahib’s exhibition, “Architectural Insight,” is the…
World divas to light Geneina’s Ramadan nights
Chance had it that all the stars in the first Hayy program…
Religious TV series garner viewership, controversy
“Al-Hassan wal Hussein” can be classified as yet another historical and…
One-on-one with Norwegian Wood’ director Anh Hung Tran
No other Vietnamese filmmaker has come close to matching the critical and…
Folk singer Hassan El-Asmar dies at 52
CAIRO: Popular Egyptian folk singer Hassan El-Asmar died Sunday at age…
Lebanon’s last Arabic scribes struggle in IT age
By Rana Moussaoui / AFP Lebanon's few remaining Arabic calligraphers, whose elegant script…
The pensive philosophies of a Sad Panda
By Heba Elkayal The joke’s on us: graffiti art fans run around Cairo…
Kolkata set for ‘London Eye’ in major facelift
Kolkata, once capital of British India, on Tuesday began work to transform…