The Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday, with Lebanese director Nadine Labaki scoring a nomination for her film, “Capernaum.” Meanwhile, American-Egyptian actor Rami Malek was nominated for “Leading Actor” for…

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has hosted the tenth edition of its annual creative writing workshop “Nadwa”, with the participation of eight emerging writers from seven Arab countries.…

Well-known Egyptian actor Saeed Abel-Ghany passed away in Cairo on Friday after a long struggle with illness, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. Born in 1938 in a village in Daqahlia, Abdel-Ghany…

On January 20, 1934, Louay Kayali was born in Aleppo, Syria. The young boy began painting when he was just 11 years old and held his first exhibition at age…

Dating back centuries, Algeria's pyramid tombs are unique relics of an ancient era but a dearth of research has left the Jeddars shrouded in mystery. The 13 monuments, whose square…

To mark the Cultural Foundation’s re-opening, a core group of artists present an exhibit of its past When the Cultural ­Foundation was first open, from 1981 to 2008, it was…

Four men went on trial on Thursday for stealing a gold coin the size of a manhole cover from one of Germany’s flagship museums in a daring night-time heist using…

Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab has passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, after a long battle with illness. She was 71. Saab died in a hospital in Paris, France, where…

Major groundwork for the upcoming edition of Sharjah Children Biennial (SCB), an artistic platform to promote creativity and innovation among children aged 6-18 around the world, is now complete. SCB…