Cypriot filmmaker Marios Piperides discusses the importance of cultural discourse with Saudi audience

RIYADH: Filmmaker Marios Piperides made his way for the first time from his home country of Cyprus to the Kingdom to screen "Smuggling Hendricks" to Saudi audiences in Riyadh on June 16. The screening was...

Madinah Book Fair 2022 features over 80 activities in cultural exhibition

MADINAH: The Madinah Book Fair 2022 has launched an exhibition of over 80 literary activities at the King Salman bin Abdelaziz Center for Exhibitions and Conferences, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The 10-day event, which...

Fancy a vegan shawarma? Dubai eatery partners with Impossible Foods for fresh take on street food

DUBAI: Everyone has had a hankering for a late-night shawarma, but not every consumer can tuck into the meaty dishes. Dubai's Levantine street food eatery Zaroob has stepped in to fill that gap in the...

Model Bella Hadid launches herself into the future by dropping first NFT

DUBAI: US Palestinian Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid on Wednesday dropped her first non-fungible tokens, from her line called CY-B3LLA, giving her fans a chance to own a three-dimension version of the catwalk star. Hadid, in...

British Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry to star in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’

DUBAI: British Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry announced this week that he is joining the cast of Netflix's hit show "The Crown." The actor will star as a young version of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, who...

‘We are going to be one of the biggest film markets,’ Saudi producer Aymen Khoja says

CANNES: Saudi Arabia's nascent film industry is already making waves on the global scene. While Egypt is still the undisputed center of regional cinema, the Kingdom's aim is ultimately to compete for that title...

Paris exhibition shows how a plane crash in Egypt influenced the classic novella ‘The Little Prince’

PARIS: Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry was a true polymath -- a writer, illustrator, mathematician, pilot, and resistance fighter. He was also a philosopher, writing in his timeless novella "The Little Prince," "What is essential is...

Algerian artist Kader Attia creates ‘archipelago of voices’ at Berlin Biennale

BERLIN: "I'm interested in understanding why the world is haunted by injuries produced by modernity and its massive crimes, such as fascism, colonialism, slavery... What Algerian psychoanalyst Karim Lazali calls 'The rogues of the...