Saudi designers put on fashion show at Expo 2020 Dubai

DUBAI: The Saudi pavilion at Expo 2020 in the UAE on Wednesday hosted a fashion show to celebrate the Kingdom's designers. Three homegrown labels, ArAm, Tima Abid, and Abadia, presented their collections to a packed...

Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali’s works to be published in Italy for first time

ROME: The works of renowned Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali will be published in Italy for the first time, 35 years after his assassination. Naples publisher Marotta & Cafiero will release on Feb. 22 "Handala --...

Jordanian sculptor and artist Mona Saudi dies aged 76

DUBAI: Renowned Jordanian sculptor and artist Mona Saudi has died at the age of 76. Born in 1945, Saudi devoted her life to creating modernist stone sculptures and drawings that were showcased around the world. Her...

Farm-to-face: Tata Harper teams up with Dubai hotel to launch natural skincare treatments

DUBAI: One of the first to embrace 100 percent natural, non-toxic beauty, Tata Harper's eponymous skincare line has revolutionized clean beauty, gaining cult status for its whittled-down ingredients that are biodegradable and toxin-free. Her skincare...

Iraqi actress Kurdwin Ayub wins big at Berlin Film Festival

DUBAI: Iraqi actress Kurdwin Ayub, a former refugee, won the Best First Feature award at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival on Wednesday for her drama "Sonne." Ayub's full-length feature, which she wrote and directed,...

Agatha Christie and her Middle Eastern mysteries

DUBAI: The late British novelist Agatha Christie -- known as the "Queen of Crime" -- was a woman of extraordinary talent. Despite having no formal education as a child, she taught herself to read...

REVIEW: ‘Suspicion’ keeps its cards close to its chest

LONDON: Conspiracy thrillers have to walk a fine line: Give away too much and there's no reason for viewers to keep coming back, but give away too little and you leave audiences feeling a...

REVIEW: ‘Trigger Point’ is a blast — just don’t examine it too closely

AMMAN: Understandably, much of the pre-release hype around the new British crime thriller series "Trigger Point" centered on its links to "Line of Duty" -- the massively popular police-procedural series created by Jed Mercurio...