As Egypt gears-up for pop diva Beyonce Knowles' first performance in North Africa, Muslim conservatives are branding her show an "insolent sex party" that threatens the Muslim nation's "social peace and stability."On giant posters plastered across the Egyptian capital advertising the Friday evening concert, Beyonce sports a revealing.

At the cusp of October and November two brands were wed in the Qatari capital. From October 29 to November 1, the inaugural edition of the Doha-Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) played itself out, the latest exercise in brand expansion involving a Western cultural institution and Gulf Arab capital.The four-day event was crammed with activities.