Against all odds: Inside Lebanon’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale

VENICE: Inside an amply lit space in the Arsenale, one of the most prominent exhibition areas at the Venice Biennale, multimedia installations in Lebanon's pavilion depict the beauty and chaos that has befallen the...

‘Weapons of Mass Hilarity’ comedy show fires up again

DUBAI: Born in the UK to a Palestinian father and an Iraqi mother, Jenan Younis is a colorectal surgeon by day and a stand-up comedian by night. "I think I see creativity as escapism," Younis...

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Two Essays on Analytical Psychology’

"Two Essays on Analytical Psychology" is a behavioral science book written in 1966 by award-winning Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Volume seven of "The Collected Works" of Jung, the book is considered to contain two...

‘Goodfellas’ actor Ray Liotta dead

LOS ANGELES: Actor Ray Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic "Goodfellas," has died in the Dominican Republic, the country's cinema authority said Thursday. He was 67.Liotta, whose blistering turn as real-life mobster...

New book by leading Japanese calligrapher unveiled at Abu Dhabi Book Fair

DUBAI: Tokyo-born Fuad Kouichi Honda is widely recognized as one of the world's top Arabic calligraphers and he just launched his new book, "Noor Ala Noor," during the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair...

Pop star Justin Bieber announces additional concert in Dubai

DUBAI: Due to high demand for tickets, Justin Bieber has added an extra show in the UAE as part of his Justice World Tour, it was announced on Thursday. The Canadian pop star will perform...

Meet Marvel’s first Muslim superhero, Iman Vellani

DUBAI: In 2014, a young girl named Iman Vellani was browsing the Marvel comic books at her local bookstore in Canada when she saw something she'd never seen before: A face that looked like...

Central Asian artists step into the spotlight

DUBAI: Three Central Asian artists reflect on issues of globalization and identity through the intersection of ancient mythologies, regional rituals and modern symbols at a new exhibition, "Totems of Central Asia," at the Foundry...