Since its inception in 2010, the Mobile Library, a project by the Sharjah-based cultural initiative Knowledge without Borders (KwB), has established a unique service to bring a culture of reading…

We visit the Venice Architecture Biennale to see how a bookish history inspired the European nation’s pavilion One pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale is encouraging visitors to sit and read,…

Sharjah Book Authority, SBA, has successfully highlighted the rich publishing experience of Sharjah and the UAE at BookExpo America 2018, which took place recently at the Javits Convention Center in…

A Vincent Van Gogh landscape from early in his career will be sold at auction in Paris on June 4, the first auction of the artist's work in France in…

Veteran Egyptian Actress Madiha Yousri has passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. She was 96. Yousri’s acting career spanned over seven decades.   Yousri, who was considered one of…

Police in Russia arrested a man on charges of vandalising a famous painting by renowned Russian artist Ilya Repin in Moscow. Russian news reports said the man claimed he drank…

Two oil paintings of Claude Monet's garden in Vetheuil have been reunited For the first time since they were painted more than a century ago, two oil paintings of Claude…

The 22-minute animation is the first animated product between Saudi Arabia and JapanFor the first time in Japanese media, a famous Tokyo TV station aired an animation titled “Woodcutter’s Treasure”…

Director Nadine Labaki won the jury prize for her film Capharnaum, the first Arab win in over a decade Lebanese director Nadine Labaki won the jury prize for her film…

 H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah has issued the Emiri Decree No. (29) of 2018 establishing the Sharjah World Book Capital…