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...

Gigi Hadid clarifies comments under Rihanna’s pregnancy post

DUBAI: Gigi Hadid had fans asking if Rihanna was having twins after the part-Palestinian model wrote "three angels" in the comment section of the Barbadian singer's pregnancy announcement Instagram post. The Grammy award-winning songstress recently...

‘My Best Friend Anne Frank’ is a tale of enduring friendship even in the worst of times

CHENNAI: A true story of a lovely friendship between two bubbly teenage girls in 1942 German-occupied Amsterdam, "My Best Friend Anne Frank" is one of the many films on World War II and the...

Dubai’s Museum of the Future set to open to the public this month

DUBAI: The long-awaited Museum of the Future in Dubai finally has an opening date, with the new structure slated to open its doors to the public on Feb. 22. It will offer exhibitions, themed attractions...