Poetry & Literature
By Iqbal Tamimi The literary club of Riyadh invited a number of women, poets, to participate in the evening of poetry held yesterday as part of the activities of the Janadriyah Festival, an annual national festival for heritage... Read more
Art and Culture
SPANISH photographer Samuel Aranda has won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen
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Herstory
By Iqbal Tamimi A Kuwaiti man trying to regain custody of his children accused his ex-wife of having relationships with two thousand men, basing his accusation on her activity on Facebook and Twitter. He provided the court of snapshots of her... Read more
News
Seven members of the UK’s House of Lords and a leading MP have appealed to Formula 1 chiefs to cancel this year’s Bahrain Grand Prix, which is due to take place in April
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Art and Culture
Nominations are now open for the 5th edition of the Channel Middle East Awards, the leading awards event for the region’s IT channel
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Art and Culture
By Iqbal Tamimi ARTSPACE in Dubai is opening an exhibition of “Egyptian Tales. An innovative selection of works by various Egyptian artists. The reception opening will be on Monday February 13th 2012, from 7.00pm-9.30pm at ARTSPACE... Read more
Events and Activities
Our colleague Mike Jempson, Director of the media ethics charity MediaWise and lecturer at the University of the West of England, department of journalism as well as a great trade unionist, has requested circulating this link among... Read more
Opinion
By Iqbal Tamimi Stand-up comedian Jack Whitehall, who hosted the BBC1 comedy show ‘Live at Apollo’ on 21 January 2012, apparently thinks it is funny to make fun of people suffering mental problems. He made a joke about starting a relationship... Read more
News
Tweet Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s personal email account has reportedly been hacked into, according to news channel Al-Arabiya, with the individual responsible threatening to disclose classified information on the country’s... Read more
News
Tweet Micro-blogging site unveils plan to launch plan for languages that operate from right to left
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