The UAE hosts a pandemic-delayed Bollywood awards ceremony

ABU DHABI: Indian celebrities and Bollywood stars walked a green carpet at the start of the International Indian Film Academy awards in Abu Dhabi. The Friday night ceremony had been twice canceled in the last...

How the Michelin Guide’s arrival will shake up Dubai’s dining scene

DUBAI: The Michelin Guide -- the restaurant industry's most-respected guidebook -- will launch its Dubai edition this month in partnership with Dubai Tourism. That has led some skeptics to speculate that the list will...

Nancy Mounir on her haunting new album, ‘Nozhet El-Nofous’

BEIRUT: The phrase 'session musician' seldom incites an association with visionary artistic expression that carves its own place in the hearts of audiences. Nancy Mounir -- an enigmatic yet omnipresent feature of Egypt's independent...

Highlights from Jill Magi’s ‘The Weft in Pencil’ exhibition

'Sample Book Pages 5' The works in Jill Magi's solo exhibition grew from her study of textiles -- particularly the grid patterns of African strip-weaving, according to the gallery. The "Sample Book Pages" series was...

‘Best season yet:’ Stars talk success of ‘Stranger Things 4’

LOS ANGELES: Season four of Netflix series "Stranger Things" is this week's hot topic. Both new and returning cast members remember how the series turned pop culture upside down when it debuted as the...

‘The Real Housewives of Dubai’: Entertaining, but a missed opportunity

DUBAI: The first episode of the much-anticipated UAE-based franchise of Bravo's "Real Housewives" is finally here. The reality TV show stars six cast-members -- British TV personality Caroline Stanbury, Kenyan model Chanel Ayan, US...

Unravelling origins of the red carpet in anticipation of the Saudi Film Festival

DHAHRAN: Nothing quite captures the anticipation of a glamorous evening like the rolling out of a long strip of velvety red carpet. And movie fans in Saudi Arabia are in for such a treat after...

Amman’s DAR Art Fair highlights budding MENA creativity

AMMAN: The second edition of the Jordanian capital's first-ever contemporary art fair has opened in Amman. Taking place once again in the city's Swefieh Village, the DAR Art Fair will run until June 7, presenting...