Think local: Meet the young creative pushing Saudi culture into the mainstream

Author:  Fri, 2021-07-09 09:21 DUBAI: Not only are young Saudis increasingly expressing their talent within their own country, they are now beginning to export it abroad. Take Rayan Nawawi, the 32-year-old Saudi photographer, and co-founder and creative director of Jeddah’s Nawawi Studio. His passion for photography was inherited from his father. After graduating from high school in Jeddah, Nawawi studied finance at the University...

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Playwright Sara Shaarawi on her ‘revenge drama’ ‘Niqabi Ninja’

Fri, 2021-07-09 08:54 AMSTERDAM: “It’s not a happy story.” Scotland-based Cairo-born playwright Sara Shaarawi is talking about “Niqabi Ninja,” her two-person play that is currently being ‘staged’ in London as part of Shubbak Festival — a celebration of contemporary Arab arts and culture — before moving on to five cities in Scotland. “It’s a revenge drama.” The origins of “Niqabi Ninja” lie in a monologue Shaarawi created having been asked...

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THE BREAKDOWN- Lebanese photographer Dia Mrad discusses ‘Trees of Apocalypse’

Author:  Fri, 2021-07-09 08:47 DUBAI: There have been many photographers from newspapers going down every weekend to the silos at the port, but I think what was very special about my visit was how much of me there was in it. It really was about the roads that I took and the experiences that I had while I was there. I think this is what other photographers didn’t have, partly because of the chance I got with a French engineer named...

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What We Are Reading Today: Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point

Author:  Arab News ID:  1625781498233947500 Fri, 2021-07-09 00:57 Author: Gyan Prakash On the night of June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, suspending constitutional rights and rounding up her political opponents in midnight raids across the country. In the 21 harrowing months that followed, her regime unleashed a brutal campaign of coercion and intimidation, arresting and torturing people...

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Bella Hadid stuns at Chopard’s party at Cannes Film Festival

Thu, 2021-07-08 12:38 DUBAI: Following her glamorous red-carpet look earlier this week, part-Palestinian model Bella Hadid has once again wowed the audience at Chopard’s party during the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.  The 24-year-old catwalk star wore a black and white mini dress with feather detailing by French multinational high fashion house Lanvin. Her gown featured black sheer sleeves.  Bella Hadid wore a black...

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Zuhair Murad’s fall 2021 couture collection an ode to unabashed glamour

Author:  Thu, 2021-07-08 11:37 PARIS: Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad on Wednesday staged his first physical runway presentation since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with an outdoor event at Paris’ Lycee Louis-le-Grand. The front row for his fall 2021 couture show was packed with media representatives and his devoted clients – which include A-list celebrities and royals – who all had to undergo temperature...

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Arab influencers, designers make their mark on Cannes red carpet

Author:  Thu, 2021-07-08 10:26 DUBAI: The Cannes Film Festival has recently become one of the world’s hottest topics. The prestigious event on Tuesday rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years. The occasion drew a wide spectrum of film luminaries back to the French resort to celebrate the festival, canceled last year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Over the past two days, Arab influencers...

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