A rare 1679 violin made by renowned Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari is headed for auction next month where it could fetch up to $11 million. The "Hellier" Stradivarius "is the…

The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), has discussed the ways translation acts as a bridge…

Noureddine Jaber, a musician with a unique part-guitar, part-tamboura instrument, is giving voice to Sudan's long-marginalised eastern communities through a new album. Hailing from the Red Sea city of Port…

Festival organisers say they will try to put on film events in second half of this year China’s most prestigious film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has officially been…

The actor, known as the 'Arab Al Pacino', featured in more than 100 films during his career Today's Google Doodle features an illustration of Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, the celebrated Egyptian TV…

What do Vincent van Gogh and Etel Adnan have in common? The iconic Dutch artist was born in the Netherlands in 1853, Lebanese-American artist and writer Adnan was born in…

H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, attended on Thursday an honouring ceremony of the third cycle’s winners of the ICCROM-Sharjah Award…

The charging of the Louvre's former director in an antiquities trafficking investigation has shone a light on a vast, transnational criminal problem that remains fiendishly difficult to target. Ancient burial…