Coldplay set to perform at Expo 2020 Dubai this February

Author:  Wed, 2022-02-09 08:57 DUBAI: Grammy-award winning band Coldplay are set to perform at Expo 2020 Dubai on Feb. 15.  The band’s free-to-attend show will support Expo’s Programme for People and Planet and is in alignment with...

Huda Beauty founders invest in new wellness brand

DUBAI: Iraqi-US entrepreneur Huda Kattan is introducing a new wellness brand by Huda Beauty Angels, which falls under HB Investments, Kattan's venture capital firm. Shortly after investing in feminine care label Ketish, founded by Emaan...

‘Bread and Tea: The Story of a Man from Karak’ is a desperate tale from the south of Jordan

CHICAGO: From the south of Jordan comes the desperate tale, "Bread and Tea: The Story of a Man from Karak," by award-winning novelist Ahmad Tarawneh. The novel begins with two middle-aged grave-robbers, Abu Ahmad...

What We Are Playing Today: AlWird — the Arabic version of Wordle

If you've been on Twitter recently, you will have seen the grid of green and yellow blocks with a number next to it. Wordle has taken over the internet with its simple web-only based...

Italian-Egyptian singer wins at top music contest for second time

ROME: Italian-Egyptian singer Mahmood emerged victorious at the Sanremo Music Festival, the most important pop music contest in Italy, for the second time. The singer, whose real name is Alessandro Mahmoud, won with a duet...

India mourns ‘Queen of Melody’ Lata Mangeshkar

Author: Mon, 2022-02-07 14:55 NEW DELHI: Lata Mangeshkar, whose distinctive voice placed her in the first rank of Indian singers for more than seven decades, died on Sunday at a hospital in Mumbai. She was...

Algerian-French actress Lyna Khoudri set for busy year ahead with latest role

DUBAI: This year is shaping up to be a busy one for Algerian French actress Lyna Khoudri. The 29-year-old is set to star in French Algerian director Mounia Meddour's new drama "Houria," a project reuniting...

Angelina Jolie shares moving letter from young Afghan woman

DUBAI: Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie recently shared a personal letter she received on Instagram from a young woman in Afghanistan. Parts of the letter had been blurred out so as not to reveal...