Jameela Jamil flaunts Lebanese florals in New York

Mon, 2019-09-30 14:36 DUBAI: British actress Jameela Jamil was spotted in New York wearing not one but two Middle Eastern designs recently. “The Good Place” actress made appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and “The Daily Show” hosted by Trevor Noah wearing designs by Lebanese talent Rami Kadi and designer-to-the-stars Elie Saab respectively. Jamil spoke to host Jimmy Fallon last week while wearing a tropical-inspired...

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Dubai-based chef ranked on Best Chefs in the World list

Mon, 2019-09-30 13:23 DUBAI: Chef Grégoire Berger came in at no. 49 on the recently announced Best Chefs in the World list for his work at Dubai-based restaurant Ossiano, located in Atlantis, The Palm. The Best Chef Award is one of the biggest chef competitions globally, aiming to champion the top 300 chefs in the world, celebrating their talent, individuality and culinary flair. Grégoire Berger is a chef at Dubai-based restaurant...

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Dubai’s second Bao Festival cancelled

Author:  Mon, 2019-09-30 11:17 DUBAI: The second annual Bao Festival in Dubai has been cancelled just days before it was supposed to get started. The electronic dance music (EDM) festival was set to kick off in at Dubai’s Meydan Grandstand on Oct. 4 with a headline performance by US DJ Steve Aoki. Organizers took to social media to blame the last-minute cancellation on “unforeseen circumstances” and said that those who purchased...

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Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter stars in short film

Author:  Mon, 2019-09-30 11:07 DUBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter has seen her acting debut send fans wild on social media. Suhana Khan, who is currently at film school in New York University, made her first on-screen appearance in a short film, “The Grey Part of Blue.” Suhana Khan poses with her mother- the Bollywood film producer Gauri Khan. (AFP) The writer and director behind the project Theodore Gimeno...

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Stand-up comedian Esther Manito: ‘Arab culture is misrepresented’

Mon, 2019-09-30 08:54 LONDON: After years of never quite succeeding in finding her niche, Esther Manito is now making a name for herself as a stand-up comedian. Manito was born to an English mother (a ‘Geordie’ — from the North-East of England) and Lebanese father in the small town of Saffron Walden in Essex, where, she says, she felt like a fish out of water — “I was desperate to escape.” She found it liberating to move to...

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Arab artists pay homage to Notre Dame in new exhibition

Author:  Mon, 2019-09-30 08:36 PARIS: Millions around the world were in a state of shock when Paris’ beloved Notre Dame Cathedral was engulfed in flames last April. Having survived the turmoil of the French Revolution and two World Wars, the revered 850-year-old Gothic-style monument suffered the collapse of its spiral and wooden roof and damage to its high altar. One commentator wrote: “The very heart of France and the soul...

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MUSE Life lessons from inspirational women — Tania Lodi

Author:  Mon, 2019-09-30 08:24 The founder of Instagram hit Tania’s Teahouse talks resilience, inspirations and the comfort of cafés.  I struggled through a chronic pain condition and autoimmune disorder in university, and I went through a bad phase. I used to go to cafés to escape, and distract myself, and lose myself over a cuppa. I realized that cafés harbour a special energy. I also started getting really into tea....

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What We Are Reading Today: Nobody’s Victim by Carrie Goldberg

Author:  Sun, 2019-09-29 23:54 Deeply personal yet achingly universal, Nobody’s Victim is a bold and much-needed analysis of victim protection in the era of the internet.  In her memoir doubling as a rallying cry for privacy justice, attorney Carrie Goldberg admits that as with many people who have endured sexual harassment, it took time to tell her story in full, which she does now in chilling detail.  In gripping...

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UAE embassy screens snippets of ‘History of the Emirates’ documentary in Washington

Sun, 2019-09-29 14:51 DUBAI: The UAE’s embassy in the US screened exclusive excerpts from the upcoming documentary series “History of the Emirates” last week at an event held at the National Geographic headquarters in Washington, DC. Created in association with Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Atlantic Productions, the three-part series, narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, uses CGI technology, 360-degree camerawork and archaeological...

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Elie Saab tries something new at Paris Fashion Week

Sun, 2019-09-29 14:04 DUBAI: A vivid red screen flanked the Elie Saab runway inside the grounds of a Paris institution, the Michelin 3-star restaurant Alleno Paris at the Pavillon Ledoyen. The Lebanese designer turned the style-dial firmly back to the 1970s at his Paris Fashion Week show on Saturday, with printed dresses and flowing gowns paraded down the runway by a clutch of carefully selected models. (AFP) The color palette was retro-inspired,...

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Picasso exhibition lands in Beirut for the first time

Sun, 2019-09-29 13:41 BEIRUT: Works by renowned Spanish artist Pablo Picasso have gone on show in Lebanon for the first time at an exhibition at the Sursock Museum in Beirut. The Sursock Museum collaborated with the Musée National Picasso-Paris on the exhibition, which opened on Friday and features 20 works by the artist. The exhibition, named “Picasso and the Family,” is part of a cultural initiative that kicked off in 2017 with a program...

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Queen and Adam Lambert rock festival urging foreign aid

Author:  AFP ID:  1569731625581799800 Sun, 2019-09-29 04:15 NEW YORK: The legendary band Queen and glam frontman Adam Lambert led a packed Central Park on Saturday in mobilizing world governments to pledge international aid to eradicate extreme poverty and tackle climate change. An estimated 60,000 people crowded in the iconic Manhattan green space for the Global Citizen Festival, an unofficial exclamation point to the United...

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UK awards ‘open a window’ on Arab art, culture

Sat, 2019-09-28 15:27 LONDON: Arab art and culture took center stage in London when leading Arab artists ranging from children’s authors to hip-hop performers came together to celebrate the Arab British Center’s awards. The awards ceremony highlighting Arab art and culture’s contribution to UK life was held in the City Hall offices of the London mayor on Thursday. More than 250 guests, including diplomats from the UAE, Kuwait, Palestine, Jordan,...

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Series review: ‘Bard of Blood’ is another Indian jaunt from Netflix

Sat, 2019-09-28 14:57 CHENNAI: One of the high points of streaming platforms like Netflix in India is their freedom from restrictive censorship. Ribhu Dasgupta’s latest, “Bard of Blood,” a Netflix original, enjoys a free run with its bold content and easy style. Adapted from Bilal Siddiqi’s 2015 novel, “Bard of Blood” converts words into visuals, and narrates a spy thriller largely set in Balochistan.  In a tightly scripted seven-episode...

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Double amputee girl debuts on Paris fashion catwalk

Author:  AFP ID:  1569663365992840700 Sat, 2019-09-28 09:23 PARIS: A British girl who lost both her legs when she was just 18 months old has made her Paris catwalk debut on the Eiffel Tower. Nine-year-old Daisy-May Demeter from Birmingham walked for a luxury French children’s brand in the show high on the Paris landmark Friday and said the experience “makes me feel pretty and special.” Daisy-May was born with fibular hemimelia,...

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Sony, Marvel strike deal for new ‘Spider-Man’ film

Author:  AFP ID:  1569653643742527600 Fri, 2019-09-27 18:57 LOS ANGELES: Spider-Man will spin his web on the big screen once again. A breakdown in talks between Sony Pictures and Marvel had imperiled the web-slinger’s celluloid future, but the two companies announced a deal Friday for Marvel Studios to produce the third Spidey film starring British actor Tom Holland. The film — which follows up on “Spider-Man: Homecoming”...

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What We Are Reading Today: Homesick by Jennifer Croft

Author:  Sat, 2019-09-28 02:21 Homesick, by the award-winning translator Jennifer Croft, is a coming-of-age story that includes all the “firsts” readers might expect from a narrative about identity formation: First loss, first love, first foray toward independence.  “It’s a complex portrait of a young Oklahoma woman’s development of a rich and exacting interior life,” Emily Rapp Black said in a review for The New York Times. “It’s...

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Jennifer Lopez, Shakira to perform at US Super Bowl halftime show

Fri, 2019-09-27 11:02 DUBAI: Pop superstars Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will perform together during the widely watched US National Football League Super Bowl's halftime show in February, the singers announced on Thursday. Broadcaster Fox Sports also tweeted the announcement: “First time together on stage... on the world’s biggest stage. Welcome @JLo and @Shakira to the #PepsiHalftime show.” Two First time together on stage…on...

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