“(Re)constructed Uncertainties,” the three-piece exhibition currently up at The Hangar, the exhibition hall of UMAM Documentation and Research, looks back at Israel’s 2006 war against this country.
Throughout history the territory east of the Jordan River has been at the crossroads of many cultures, religions and languages that have blended into what constitutes contemporary Jordanian culture.
Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk Thursday won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke took the 2019 award, the Swedish Academy said.
For a decade now the local embassies of Iberian and Latin American countries have banded together with the Cervantes Institute to stage a yearly film cycle.
An Iraq-Qatar co-production looking at life in war-torn Baghdad and a Vietnamese tale of a young bookie struggling to support himself and his loved ones have...
A British whistleblower responsible for a dramatic leak in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and now the subject of a Hollywood film hopes it will...
What is the spookiest thing about “Frankenstein,” “The Mummy” and “Dracula”?
French-Cambodian filmmaker Guillaume Suon grew up haunted by the ghosts of his mother’s past.
Lebanese star Nadine Njeim was Friday night named “best Arab actress 2019” at the Arab Satellite Awards for her performance in the Ramadan series “Khamse w...
The estate of the late music icon Prince lashed out at President Donald Trump's re-election team for playing the artist's classic "Purple Rain" at a campaign...
U.S. reality television star Kim Kardashian baptized her children Monday during a visit to her ancestral homeland Armenia.
Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday that had been delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist...
Sporting a black quiff and sideburns, Ahmad Zahir sang of love and heartbreak in liberal 1970s Kabul - a war-plagued city where the popularity of...
The Swedish Academy will crown two Nobel literature laureates this year, making up for lost time after it skipped last year’s prize over a sexual harassment...
Filmmaker Taghi Amirani calls them the documents that changed the fate of his country, casting light on Britain’s role in organizing the overthrow of Iran’s...
An exhibition showing the works of painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, famed for his portrayal of Paris’s cafes, brothels and cabarets at the end of the 19th...
It is a song close to French hearts, the building power of its defiant march swelling chests and bringing a tear to the eye. It turns out the “Song of the...
The third edition of Amman Design Week launched Friday in the Jordanian capital, with the aim of promoting innovation, exchange and the opportunity to tackle...
The Moulin Rouge, the French cabaret famous for its high-kicking cancan dancers and flesh-exposing ostrich feather costumes, this week marks 130 years since...
Among the best-loved redemption tales in English-language literature is Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” First published in 1843, Dickens’ story of how a...
The first movie centered around the cave rescue of 12 Thai schoolboy footballers and their coach made its world premiere Saturday and there was one man in the...
JR is a French urban artist whose snapshots of anonymous individuals have made him a global celebrity. His first major show in North America opened in New...
“There are so many children’s songs that circulate in the Arab world and you wonder where they come from.
Turkey has ruled that million-selling book “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” should be partially banned and treated like pornography because it could have...
The National Museum of Iran has opened an exhibition of around 300 cuneiform clay tablets returned from the United States after a drawn-out legal saga.
The eighth edition of the Choix Goncourt de L’Orient was launched this week with the unveiling of its shortlist of nine novels presented at a news conference.
Banksy has set up a pop-up “homewares” shop in a south London suburb, displaying politically provocative pieces such as the Union Jack stab-proof vest he...
Jbeil’s Modern and Contemporary Art Museum has gathered artists from over 20 nationalities to tackle a global topic: data.
Dozens of cadets and youngsters from Russia’s Youth Army have been getting up close and personal with perhaps the world’s most iconic firearm as their country...
“It has a certain urgency,” Volker Schloendorff says of “The Forest Maker,” the working title of his latest documentary project.
Organizers of Asia’s top film festival, which opens in Busan this week, warn that a surge of global interest in the critically acclaimed South Korean movie...
Good news! You don’t have to read Cervantes’ masterwork to enjoy Salman Rushdie’s modern reinvention of “Don Quixote.”