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Photographs at University of the Philippines exhibit show historic sites across West Bank juxtaposed alongside Gaza’s heritage sites before and after their destruction by Israeli forces
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A mysterious post has sparked speculation that the popular musical could be heading to the UAE capital
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Finalists will create works for Art Here, which returns in November
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What we see is never what we remember. Across the Arab world, generations of artists have transformed landscapes, bodies, scripts and cultural histories into shifting visual languages, revealing how perception is shaped by memory, place and the experience of belonging
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Art and fashion come together for the inaugural Vogue Arabia Ball: Art Edition, celebrating creativity through the female gaze. Here’s what the theme means – and how to interpret its black tie art-inspired dress code
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The inaugural Vogue Arabia Ball: Art Edition arrives in Dubai this November, bringing together fashion, art, entertainment and culture for an evening celebrating creativity through the female gaze
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Between her hit duet Ya Denyi Nsina alongside Marwan Khoury, an anticipated debut album and her upcoming role in Al-Rayyesa for Ramadan 2027, Marilyne Naaman moves effortlessly between music and screen, driven by boundless ambition
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Where the city meets the sea: designing a sustainable future for Qatif’s mangroves
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The issue of Palestine is no longer represented in the Western arts scene by marginal voices or isolated individual positions. As more artists and celebrities express solidarity with the Palestinia…
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The Indian actor took to Instagram to share that the two had spent time together over lunch, enjoying warm conversations
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Earlier in August, he revealed that the shooting of the superhero film has been wrapped
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Prior to the pause, the shooting of the film had been underway in London
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Wired to Steal: Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind (Olive Branch Press, 2026) addresses a gap in analysing settler colonialism and colonial violence. The disruption of humanity through deh…
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New programme to equip graduates from diverse backgrounds with strategic and creative problem-solving skills
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For decades, the bestselling British novelist travelled world to meet the people who read his books – and found an enthusiastic audience in the Emirates
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‘The best way to experience Lecce is to walk around looking up.’ That is what a tourist is told shortly after arriving in the second-largest city in Italy’s Puglia region, often described as the “Florence of the South.” And not because it is a place filled with skyscrapers like New York. Rather, because so much of its beauty is built into its exquisite architecture, according to London’s Metro newspaper. The cobbled streets are steeped in history, and every Baroque-era building tells a story, much like its northern sister.
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